Search
Now showing items 21-30 of 91
Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems
(2019-02-01)
Objective: A recent, global, increase in the use of opioids including the prescribing, highly potent, fentanyl has been recorded. Due its current popularity and the potential lethal consequences of its intake, we aimed ...
Post-traumatic stress and substance misuse; neurobiological and clinical pharmacological correlates
(2018-08-30)
In post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clients, the use of drugs and alcohol may be used as a self-prescribed treatment to both avoid trauma reminders and cope with the related distress. Conversely, substance misuse ‘per ...
Psychedelic Fauna for Psychonaut Hunters : A Mini-Review
(2018-05-22)
Currently different classes of psychoactive substances are easily available for abuse, including several hundred novel psychoactive substances (NPS). Some of these drugs occur naturally in plants and animals or are chemically ...
Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the Context of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): A Systematic Review
(2018-04-22)
Recently, a range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been reportedly used as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), due to their potential for abuse resulting from their high dosage/idiosyncratic methods of ...
Synthetic cathinones – prevalence and motivations for use
(Springer Nature, 2018)
This chapter considers the prevalence of and motivations for use of synthetic cathinones. As part of the scene-setting, the availability, legal status, numbers of cathinones, number and quantities confiscated are reviewed. ...
Evolutionary Considerations on the Emerging Subculture of the E-psychonauts and the Novel Psychoactive Substances : A Comeback to the Shamanism?
(2017-12-31)
BACKGROUND: Evolutionary research on drug abuse has hitherto been restricted to proximate studies, considering aetiology, mechanism, and ontogeny. However, in order to explain the recent emergency of a new behavioral pattern ...
The "Endless Trip" among the NPS Users: Psychopathology and Psychopharmacology in the Hallucinogen-Persisting Perception Disorder. A Systematic Review
(2017-11-20)
Hallucinogen-persisting perception disorder (HPPD) is a syndrome characterized by prolonged or reoccurring perceptual symptoms, reminiscent of acute hallucinogen effects. HPPD was associated with a broader range of LSD ...
Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) awareness, use and health perception following The UK Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
(2017-10-23)
Introduction: The risk of potential harms prompted the UK government to introduce The Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) in 2016 banning the production, supply, importation and exportation of NPS 1. Here we investigate UK ...
An exploratory study of information sources and key findings on UK cocaine-related deaths
(2017-08-01)
Increased numbers of cocaine-related deaths have occurred since the early 1990s in some European countries, including the UK. Cocaine deaths are difficult to define, detect and record as they are multi-factorial. The ...