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An index of fatal toxicity for new psychoactive substances [PDF]

Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2018
The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Journal of Psychopharmacology, February 2018, published by SAGE Publishing, All rights reserved.An index of fatal toxicity for new psychoactive substances has been developed based solely ...
Corkery, John, King, L.A.
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Exploring the baseline knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom on Novel Psychoactive Substances [PDF]

, 2020
Submitted 28 january 2020. Reviwers' comments received 11 February 2020. Accepted 26 February 2020. Published 2 March 2020.Objective: This survey aimed to explore knowledge and experience on novel psychoactive substances (NPS) of healthcare professionals
Bancroft, Angus, Corkery, John Martin, Felice, Anna Marie, Gittins, Rosalind, Guirguis, Amira, Hawksworth, Gill, Ramos, Camille, Schifano, Fabrizio, Smeeton, Nigel, Zaman, Hadar   +9 more
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Voltammetric study of new psychoactive substance 3‐fluorophenmetrazine

Electrochemical Science Advances, 2023
Electrochemical oxidation of the new psychoactive substance 3‐fluorophenmetrazine (FPM) was studied in phosphate buffers by cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) on a glassy carbon electrode.
Eliška Jiroušková, Radomír Čabala, Romana Sokolová   +2 more
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New psychoactive substances: a review and updates

Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 2020
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous group of substances. They are associated with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level. NPS toxicity and dependence syndromes are recognised in primary care, emergency departments, psychiatric inpatient and community care settings.
Abu Shafi, Alex J. Berry, Harry Sumnall, David M. Wood, Derek K. Tracy   +4 more
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New Psychoactive Substances Intoxications and Fatalities during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Biology, 2023
In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in March 2020. Stringent measures decreased consumption of some drugs, moving the illicit market to
Alfredo Fabrizio Lo Faro, Diletta Berardinelli, Tommaso Cassano, Gregory Dendramis, Eva Montanari, Angelo Montana, Paolo Berretta, Simona Zaami, Francesco Paolo Busardò, Marilyn Ann Huestis   +9 more
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Rapid Detection of Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Impregnated into Paper by Raman Spectroscopy

Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2022
The last decade has witnessed the emergence of new psychoactive substances that are analogues of classical drugs of abuse in order to escape the regulations surrounding the latter drugs.
Thomas Coombs, Amor Abdelkader, Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Sulaf Assi   +3 more
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Characteristics of analytically confirmed illicit substance-using patients in the Emergency Department

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2020
Background/Purpose: Although illicit substance use-induced toxicity or complication is a frequent cause of visit to the emergency department (ED), there are limited data on cases confirmed by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS ...
Te-I Weng, Lian-Yu Chen, Ju-Yu Chen, Pai-Shan Chen, Hsaio-Lin Hwa, Cheng-Chung Fang   +5 more
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A comparison of reinforcing effectiveness and drug-seeking reinstatement of 2-fluorodeschloroketamine and ketamine in self-administered rats

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
2-Fluorodeschloroketamine (2F-DCK), a structural analog of ketamine, has been reported to cause impaired consciousness, agitation, and hallucination in abuse cases. It has similar reinforcing and discriminative effects as ketamine.
Han Du, Miaojun Lai, Dingding Zhuang, Dan Fu, Yiying Zhou, Shanshan Chen, Fangmin Wang, Zemin Xu, Huifen Liu, Youmei Wang, Peng Xu, Wenhua Zhou   +11 more
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Current Concepts on Drug Abuse and Dependence [PDF]

, 2015
Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about ...
Baconi, Daniela Luiza, Bălălău, Cristian, Ciobanu, Anne-Marie, Cobani, Oana Denisa, Negrei, Carolina, Vlăsceanu, Ana Maria   +5 more
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Analytically confirmed presence of psychoactive substances, especially new psychoactive substances in a group of patients hospitalized with mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances diagnosis

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2022
Objectives The study assessed the presence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in comparison to “classic” drugs in the group of newly admitted patients with mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances diagnosis (section F11–
Piotr Engelgardt, Maciej Krzyżanowski, Przemysław Piotrowski, Malgorzata Borkowska-Sztachańska, Agnieszka Wasilewska   +4 more
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