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The emergence of new psychoactive substance (NPS) benzodiazepines: a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The market for new psychoactive substances has increased markedly in recent years and there is now a steady stream of compounds appearing every year.
Ajir   +149 more
core   +3 more sources

Closing Evidence Gaps on the Prevalence and Harms of New Psychoactive Substances in Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper considers the state of knowledge on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Scotland, with a focus on prevalence and harms and puts forward proposals which may assist in closing existing evidence ...
Gillies, Allan
core  

Preliminary Detection of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in Synthetic Drugs Seizures in the Northeast Brazil in a Period of Two Years (2014–2016)

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Medical Law and Bioethics, 2017
In the period from 2014 to 2016 a growing number of seizures of synthetic drugs, such as blotter papers, tablets, powders and crystals has occurred in the states of Bahia and Sergipe in the northeast region of Brazil following a worldwide trend. Thus 345
Ricardo Leal Cunha   +2 more
doaj  

Nicotine addiction : a review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Nicotine, the major psychoactive compound in tobacco, acts as a potent addictive drug in humans. The addictive nature of nicotine leads to more than 6 million deaths a year.
Di Giovanni, Giuseppe, Vella, Jacob
core   +1 more source

The law on psychoactive substances in New Zealand: The end of the regulatory game of cat and mouse

open access: yes, 2013
This paper considers the recent global concern of psychoactive substance use alongside New Zealand’s corresponding endeavour to regulate such substances under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013.
Holland, Kathryn
core   +2 more sources

Illicit drug use in the Flemish nightlife scene between 2003 and 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
<i>Aims:</i> Given the importance of party people as innovators and early adaptors in the diffusion of substance use, and given the lack of longitudinal scope in studies of the nightlife scene, we explored changes in illicit drug use among ...
Bellis, Mark   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The dilemma of new psychoactive substances: A growing threat

open access: yesSaudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023
New psychoactive substances (NPS) pose a major public threat and are a growing problem worldwide. They were designed to replace banned or controlled drugs while escaping quality control measures. Their chemical structure is constantly changed which imposes a major forensic challenge, and makes it difficult for law enforcement measures to track and ban ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Gabapentinoid use disorder. Update for clinicians [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Gabapentinoids (gabapentin and pregabalin) are versatile drugs, indicated mainly for epilepsy and neuropathic pain, and have long been viewed as agents with little potential for abuse.
Ann LeQuang, Jo   +5 more
core  

Herbal highs: review on psychoactive effects and neuropharmacology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: A new trend among users of new psychoactive substances’ the consumption of “herbal highs”: plant parts containing psychoactive substances.
Graziano, S   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Rash impulsiveness and negative mood, but not alexithymia or reward sensitivity, differentiate young to middle-aged chronic daily smokers from never-smokers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Given the well-established associations of the personality traits alexithymia, impulsivity, and reward sensitivity with problematic use of a variety of substances, including alcohol and cannabis, the present study sought to determine whether daily ...
Bremner, Monique   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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