Sentences with phrase «new psychoactive substance»

Their paper, «Examine Correlates of New Psychoactive Substance Use Among a Self - Selected Sample of Nightclub Attendees in the United States,» was recently published in The American Journal on Addictions.

The new strategy has emerged after Home Office noticed new threats identifies as new psychoactive substances (NPS), image and performance - enhancing drugs, chemsex drugs and misuse of prescribed medicines.

She complains that emergency and police services are not knowledgeable about new psychoactive substances.

«In the last 12 months, all reports speak of drug issues, and by and large that is new psychoactive substances,» she says.

New psychoactive substances (NPS) such as Spice caused 204 deaths in 2015 alone according to official figures, along with a spike in hospitalisations.

It actually supports a blanket ban on new psychoactive substances.

Last September Nigel Newcomen, the prison and probation ombudsman, attributed 58 deaths in custody between 2013 and 2016 to new psychoactive substances.

«There is a lack of clarity in the Bill with regard to the relative harm associated with different types of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and the appropriate sentence commensurate with the offence,» they noted.

«Evidence is now emerging of so - called grey marketplaces — online sites selling new psychoactive substances which operate on both the surface and the deep web.

As from November 2011, the Home Secretary has the power to invoke a temporary class drug order for new psychoactive substances that, following advice from the ACMD, are considered to be a cause for concern.

The government's new Psychoactive Substances Act starts from the absurd premise that anything which «is capable of producing a psychoactive effect» will henceforth be banned.

One of the least - noticed aspects of the new psychoactive substances bill is that it effectively scraps the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).

In 2010 alone, 41 new psychoactive substances were reported by European nations — more than triple the amount identified in 2008, according to a report issued by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

«Hair testing for new psychoactive substances is an important new addition to biological testing.

Between 2005 and 2012, the European Union's early warning system registered just under 240 new psychoactive substances that were disguised as incense blends, bath salts or plant fertiliser, and around 140 of them contained synthetic cannabinoids.

New psychoactive substances have been associated with fatalities and severe injuries in a number of cases in the U.S. and have led investigators to rethink traditional drug monitoring protocols.

Development of a Universal Internet - Based Prevention Program for Ecstasy and New Psychoactive Substances

Not exact matches

As part of the new Prison Safety and Reform White Paper tackling the rise of violence, 300 dogs have been trained to detect psychoactive substances, and staffing levels will increase by 2,500.

Addy wants the government to agree to a new test case to determine whether poppers fall within the definition described under the psychoactive substances bill and for the industry to be allowed to carry on functioning legally until an official decision has been reached.

The psychoactive substances bill sought to crack down on legal highs — especially the new generation of drugs that are designed to mimic the effects of traditional illicit substances such as cannabis and ecstasy — which the Home Office says caused 129 deaths in 2015.

The new definition reads: «A substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person's central nervous system, it affects the person's mental functioning or emotional state; as measured by the production of a pharmacological response on the central nervous system or which produces a response in in - vitro tests qualitatively identical to substances controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and references to a substance's psychoactive effects are to be read accordingly.»

For example, we have just introduced tougher new rules on drug driving, because getting behind the wheel under the influence of any psychoactive substance is a monumentally dangerous thing to do.

The government's new blanket ban on the supply of psychoactive substances, continued to cause controversy this week.

The new DIY substances range from a vast inventory of performance - enhancing drugs consumed by gym rats looking to get big, to an ever - growing selection of psychoactive compounds sampled by club - hopping teenagers, to synthetic variations of hard - core narcotics wolfed down by desperate drug addicts.

Now, new techniques for analyzing residues in excavated jars and identifying tiny amounts of plant material suggest that ancient Near Easterners indulged in a range of psychoactive substances.

The Psychoactive Substances Act was supposed to regulate synthetic drug production in New Zealand by making manufacturers prove their products were safe — but the rushed policy hindered the original goal, finds a new study from Massey UniversiNew Zealand by making manufacturers prove their products were safe — but the rushed policy hindered the original goal, finds a new study from Massey Universinew study from Massey University.

Hot off the press, the new Module I: Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.