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    • Carfentanil on the darknet : Potential scam or alarming public health threat? 

      Negri, Attilio; Townshend, Honor; McSweeney, Tim; Angelopoulou, Olga; Prilutskaya, Mariya; Bowden-Jones, Owen; Corazza, Ornella (2021-05)
      Background: In an age of global insecurity, highly potent synthetic drugs have become a major public health issue. Their online advertisement and sale are facilitated by surface web, darknet markets and social media fuelling ...
    • Illicit COVID-19 products online: A mixed-method approach for identifying and preventing online health risks 

      Catalani, Valeria; Townshend, Honor D.; Prilutskaya, Mariya; Chilcott, Robert P.; Metastasio, Antonio; Banayoti, Hani; McSweeney, Tim; Corazza, Ornella (2023-06-16)
      Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a demand for vaccines, cures, and the need of related documentation for travel, work and other purposes. Our project aimed to identify the illicit availability of such products across ...
    • The market of sport supplement in the digital era: A netnographic analysis of perceived risks, side-effects and other safety issues 

      Catalani, Valeria; Negri, Attilio; Townshend, Honor; Simonato, Pierluigi; Prilutskaya, Mariya; Tippett, Anna; Corazza, Ornella (2021-06-13)
      Background: The market of sport supplements is expanding worldwide. Such phenomenon is often supported by captivating marketing strategies and social media advertising providing unscientifically founded claims, thus raising ...
    • Octodrine: New Questions and Challenges in Sport Supplements 

      Catalani, Valeria; Prilutskaya, Mariya; Al-Imam, Ahmed; Marrinan, Shanna; Elgharably, Yasmine; Zloh, Mire; Martinotti, Giovanni; Chilcott, Robert; Corazza, Ornella (2018-02-20)
      Background: Octodrine is the trade name for Dimethylhexylamine (DMHA), a central nervous stimulant that increases the uptake of dopamine and noradrenaline. Originally developed as a nasal decongestant in the 1950’s, it has ...
    • Profiling the vendors of COVID‐19 related product on the Darknet: An observational study 

      Catalani, Valeria; Townshend, Honor D.; Prilutskaya, Mariya; Roman-Urrestarazu, Andres; van Kessel, Robin; Chilcott, Robert; Banayoti, Hani; McSweeney, Tim; Corazza, Ornella (2023-04-05)
      BACKGROUND: In a time of unprecedented global change, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in demand of COVID-19 vaccines and related certifications. Mainly due to supply shortages, counterfeit vaccines, fake documentation, ...
    • Synthetic Cannabinoids : psychopharmacology, clinical aspects, and psy-chotic onset 

      Martinotti, Giovanni; Santacroce, Rita; Papanti, Duccio; Elgharably, Yasmine; Prilutskaya, Mariya; Corazza, Ornella (2017-04-13)
      Synthetic Cannabinoids (SC) are the widest and most diffused class of Novel Psychoactive Substances. SC are chemically heterogeneous and structurally dissimilar from delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, being full agonists of the ...