Development of a Universal Internet - Based Prevention Program for Ecstasy and
New Psychoactive Substances
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.
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.
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.
In 2014, 101
new psychoactive drugs were identified, worldwide.
«Hair testing for
new psychoactive substances is an important new addition to biological testing.
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.
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).
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.
A new psychoactive synthetic drug emerges on the market in the UK every week and most experts agree the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act is incapable of dealing with the rate of change.
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.
«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.
«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.
Last September Nigel Newcomen, the prison and probation ombudsman, attributed 58 deaths in custody between 2013 and 2016 to
new psychoactive substances.
It actually supports a blanket ban on
new psychoactive substances.
New psychoactive substances (NPS) such as Spice caused 204 deaths in 2015 alone according to official figures, along with a spike in hospitalisations.
«In the last 12 months, all reports speak of drug issues, and by and large that is
new psychoactive substances,» she says.
She complains that emergency and police services are not knowledgeable about
new psychoactive substances.
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.
Flakka is
a new psychoactive crystal that has invaded South Florida.
Not exact matches
The state's Medical Marijuana Infused Product Manufacturer license allows producers to lace snack and drink products with the
psychoactive chemicals found in cannabis — and those foods, developed by
new edible pot brands, are now available to everyone.
Marijuana legalization has opened the door to a massive
new industry, including
psychoactive products for people who don't want to smoke anything.
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.
On this week's show:
New research shows
psychoactive drugs were present at the dawn of the first complex societies, and a long - term study that questions how plants will deal with rising carbon dioxide levels
The same problem shows up in the
new wave of
psychoactive chemicals mass - produced overseas.
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 study, published in the
newest special issue of Journal of
Psychoactive Drugs, was mentioned in a presentation on the topic of medical marijuana to the
New Mexico Legislative Health & Human Services Committee last November, and is now available from Routledge Journals with Free Access.
Almost weekly, a
new synthetic
psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally and easily, for example as an incense blend, via the Internet.
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 Universi
New Zealand by making manufacturers prove their products were safe — but the rushed policy hindered the original goal, finds a
new study from Massey Universi
new study from Massey University.
The man behind The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food is back with a
new, off - the - beaten - path project — and it involves
psychoactive plants.
A
new series of works on paper articulates a close up desert landscape of
psychoactive cacti.
Marijuana legalization has opened the door to a massive
new industry, including
psychoactive products for people who don't want to smoke anything.
Hot off the press, the
new Module I: Pharmacology of
Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders.