New psychoactive substances abuse and its clinical consequences - the case report
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2019 Introduction: The meteoric rise of new psychoactive substances' use has been a public health problem for at least few years. Their presence was noticed by EU authorities around 2005.
Andrzej Kościuk +5 more
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Journal of Modern Science, 2019 Objectives The aim of the study is a multifaceted analysis of New Psychoaktive Substances(NPS), which will allow for a deeper understanding of the causes of such a wide scale of NPS their diversity and ease of accessibility.
Dorota Semków
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Temporal and geographical patterns of nitazene detections in drug samples and biospecimens in the United States, 2019-2024. [PDF]
AddictionAbstract Background and aims Nitazenes are a novel subclass of synthetic opioids that have been increasingly implicated in the United States (US) overdose crisis. Despite their growing presence in the illicit drug supply, national trends have not been systematically evaluated.
Zhu DT +3 more
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Synthetic cannabinoid use in a case series of patients with psychosis presenting to acute psychiatric settings : Clinical presentation and management issues [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous class of synthetic molecules including synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs). Psychosis is associated with SCRAs use.
Bonaccorso, Stefania +9 more
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SODAS: Surveillance of Drugs of Abuse Study [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) as a form of recreational drug use has become increasingly popular. There is a paucity of information with regards the prevalence and clinical sequalae of these drugs.
Bloeck, Felix +4 more
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Recent Changes in Drug Abuse Scenario: The Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Phenomenon [PDF]
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Catalani, Valeria +7 more
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Recent trends in analytical methods to determine new psychoactive substances in hair [PDF]
, 2017 New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) belong to several chemical classes, including phenethylamines, piperazines, synthetic cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids.
García Algar, Oscar +4 more
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New psychoactive substances in Nigeria: A call for more research in Africa
Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health, 2021 Media reports indicate that New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) is widespread in Nigeria and Africa, but little empirical research has been conducted on this. Also, contemporary studies on NPS have focused on Global North, precluding Africa.
Emeka W. Dumbili +2 more
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Detecting a signal in the noise : Monitoring the global spread of novel psychoactive substances using media and other open source information [PDF]
, 2015 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no ...
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network On Drug Use +3 more
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Report on characterisation of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) [PDF]
, 2015 The emergence of designer drugs as abused substances has seen a dramatic increase over the past few years. About 70 new psychoactive substances were discovered in 2012 and more than 80 in 2013. Customs and forensic laboratories are faced with a challenge
CHASSAIGNE HUBERT +6 more
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