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.
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Editorial: Pharmacology of new psychoactive substances [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 K. Lutfy, R. N. Pechnick, N. A. Darmani
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The dilemma of new psychoactive substances: A growing threat [PDF]
Saudi 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.
Hawraa Sameer Sajwani
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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 ...
Leslie A King, John M Corkery
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New Psychoactive Substances Intoxications and Fatalities during the COVID-19 Epidemic [PDF]
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
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New Psychoactive Substances: A Potential Threat to Developing Countries [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2023 Background: New psychoactive substances (NPS) have become a global phenomenon, with over 134 countries and territories from all world regions reporting them. Since December 2021, governments, laboratories, and partner agencies have confirmed to the UNODC
Mehedi Hasan, Shahjahan Ali Sarker
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New Psychoactive Substances Consumption in Opioid-Use Disorder Patients [PDF]
Biology, 2022 (1) Background: Since the beginning of the 21st century, the large number and wide chemical variety of new psychoactive substances (NPS) that enter the market every year has become a public health problem. Given the rapidity with which the drug market is
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New psychoactive substances in roadway crash victims in California [PDF]
Frontiers in ToxicologyBackgroundMotor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are a major global health concern. While alcohol continues to be a significant contributor to MVCs, the role of illicit and prescription drugs has increased in the last 4 decades.
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Use of psychoactive substances among university students from 2019 to 2020: A systematic review
Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - HealthPsychoactive substances act on the central nervous system producing changes in mental processes, such as perception, consciousness, cognition or mood and emotions.
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Prevalence of new psychoactive substances addiction: a hospital-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, 2020 Background: New psychoactive substances are a combined group of chemical substances developed in an attempt to circumvent control and restrictive measures for traditional drugs.
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