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 +9 more
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New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) – a Challenge for the Addiction Treatment Services [PDF]
Pharmacopsychiatry, 2017 AbstractOver the last few years, hundreds of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have been identified in Europe. Apart from some herbal compounds, NPS mainly include synthetic cannabinoids and a range of new synthetic stimulants (e. g., cathinones). Synthetic NPS are often developed whilst modifying the basic chemical (e. g., phenethylamine or tryptamine)
Scherbaum, Norbert +2 more
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Sales and Advertising Channels of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Internet, Social Networks, and Smartphone Apps. [PDF]
Brain Sci, 2018 In the last decade, the trend of drug consumption has completely changed, and several new psychoactive substances (NPS) have appeared on the drug market as legal alternatives to common drugs of abuse. Designed to reproduce the effects of illegal substances like cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine, or ketamine, NPS are only in part controlled by UN conventions ...
Miliano C +3 more
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Factors Associated With Cocaine Use Disorder: Results From the French Nationwide Repeated Cross-Sectional OPPIDUM Study (2019-2023). [PDF]
Fundam Clin PharmacolABSTRACT Cocaine use has increased both globally and nationally. This trend is accompanied by a rise in clinical complications. The objective of our study was to identify factors observed to be associated with cocaine use disorder, using data from the OPPIDUM program, collecting information directly from patients with substance use disorders recruiting
Alhamidi Z +5 more
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New psychoactive substances in Poland. The analysis of policy responses and its effects
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, 2017 Introduction : The aim of this article is to analyse the process of creation and implementation of policy on new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Poland in the context of definitional and legal issues, social and market response, implementation of ...
Michał Bujalski +2 more
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The dilemma of new psychoactive substances: A growing threat
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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Producing the ‘problem’ of new psychoactive substances (NPS) in English prisons [PDF]
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2020 There has been a significant change in the types of substances consumed within English prison settings in the last eight years. There have been particular concerns regarding the acceleration in the use and availability of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), mainly synthetic cannabinoids.
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Crimes related to new psychoactive substances in rural segregates of Miskolc in Hungary
Belügyi Szemle, 2022 Aim: The article examines the relationship between new psychoactive drugs and segregation in one city (Miskolc), showing the mechanism of its effects.
Vince Vári
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Open Chemistry, 2021 The misuse of psychoactive substances is attracting a great deal of attention from the general public. An increase use of psychoactive substances is observed among young people who do not have enough awareness of the harmful effects of these substances ...
Lukić Vera +4 more
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Recreational use, analysis and toxicity of tryptamines [PDF]
, 2015 The definition New psychoactive substances (NPS) refers to emerging drugs whose chemical structures are similar to other psychoactive compounds but not identical, representing a "legal" alternative to internationally controlled drugs.
Mannocchi, Giulio +3 more
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