Sentences with phrase «of new psychoactive substances»

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).

«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.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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

«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.

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

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.

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

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