Designer drugs on the internet: a phenomenon out-of-control? The emergence of hallucinogenic drug Bromo-Dragonfly

O. CORAZZA ; F. SCHIFANO ; M. FARRE ; P. DELUCA ; Z. DAVEY ; C. DRUMMOND ; M. TORRENS ; Z. DEMETROVICS ; L. DI FURIA ; L. H. FLESLAND ; B. MERVO ; J. MOSKALEWICZ ; A. PISARSKA ; H. SHAPIRO ; H. SIEMANN ; A. SKUTLE ; C. PEZZOLESI ; P. VAN DER KREEFT ; N. SCHERBAUM | 2011
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Based on the material available in both the scientific literature and on the web, the present paper provides an updated pharmacological, chemical, toxicological and behavioural overview of Bromo-Dragonfly (1-(8-bromobenzo[1,2-b;4,5-b']difuran-4-[...]

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e-Psychonauts: conducting research in online drug forum communities

Z. DAVEY ; F. SCHIFANO ; O. CORAZZA ; P. DELUCA ; Psychonaut Web Mapping Group | 2012
Dans Journal of Mental Health (Vol.21, n°4, August 2012) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: "Legal highs" are becoming increasingly common features of the recreational drug market. The Internet has emerged as an important resource for technical and pharmacological knowledge in the absence of evidence-based literature, and f[...]

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Identifying emerging trends in recreational drug use; outcomes from the Psychonaut Web Mapping Project

P. DELUCA ; Z. DAVEY ; O. CORAZZA ; L. DI FURIA ; M. FARRE ; L. H. FLESLAND ; M. MANNONEN ; A. MAJAVA ; T. PELTONIEMI ; M. PASINETTI ; C. PEZZOLESI ; N. SCHERBAUM ; H. SIEMANN ; A. SKUTLE ; M. TORRENS ; P. VAN DER KREEFT ; E. IVERSEN ; F. SCHIFANO | 2012
Dans Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (Vol.39, n°2, 3 December 2012) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: This paper presents the outcomes of the 2-year European Union funded Psychonaut Web Mapping Project which aimed at developing and implementing an integrated web mapping system to promptly identify and learn about novel psychoactive s[...]

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Mass-information: mephedrone, myths, and the new generation of legal highs

Z. DAVEY ; O. CORAZZA ; F. SCHIFANO ; P. DELUCA ; Psychonaut Web Mapping Group | 2010
Dans Drugs and Alcohol Today (Vol.10, n°3, September 2010) Article : Périodique

The market in licit recreational drugs is continuing to grow, both in the UK and elsewhere, and the internet has been acknowledged as a key factor in enabling this rapid expansion over the last few years. This is particularly true of the recent [...]

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Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone; 'meow meow'): chemical, pharmacological and clinical issues

F. SCHIFANO ; A. ALBANESE ; S. FERGUS ; J. L. STAIR ; P. DELUCA ; O. CORAZZA ; Z. DAVEY ; J. CORKERY ; H. SIEMANN ; N. SCHERBAUM ; M. FARRE ; M. TORRENS ; Z. DEMETROVICS ; A. H. GHODSE ; Psychonaut Web Mapping Group ; ReDNet Research Group | 2011
Dans Psychopharmacology (Vol.214, n°3, April 2011) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND Recently, those substances deriving from the active ingredient of the Khat plant, cathinone, have been rising in popularity. Indeed, 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone; ‘meow meow’ and others) has been seen by some as a cheaper alterna[...]

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Mephedrone, new kid for the chop?

A. R. WINSTOCK ; L. R. MITCHESON ; P. DELUCA ; Z. DAVEY ; O. CORAZZA ; F. SCHIFANO | 2011
Dans Addiction (Vol.106, n°1, January 2011) Article : Périodique

AIMS: Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is a novel synthetic stimulant drug that has recently become popular in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe. It has a short history of human consumption and little is known about its prevalence and[...]

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Novel psychoactive substances as a novel challenge for health professionals: results from an Italian survey

P. SIMONATO ; O. CORAZZA ; P. SANTONASTASO ; J. CORKERY ; P. DELUCA ; Z. DAVEY ; U. BLASZKO ; F. SCHIFANO | 2013
Dans Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental (Vol.28, n°4, July 2013) Article : Périodique

Introduction: Novel psychoactive substances (NPS; a.k.a. 'legal highs' or 'smart drugs') are advertised online as 'safe' and 'legal' natural/synthetic analogues of controlled illicit drugs. However, only little research has been carried out in i[...]

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Phenomenon of new drugs on the Internet: the case of ketamine derivative methoxetamine

O. CORAZZA ; F. SCHIFANO ; P. SIMONATO ; S. FERGUS ; S. ASSI ; J. L. STAIR ; J. CORKERY ; G. TRINCAS ; P. DELUCA ; Z. DAVEY ; U. BLASZKO ; Z. DEMETROVICS ; J. MOSKALEWICZ ; A. ENEA ; G. DI MELCHIORRE ; B. MERVO ; L. DI FURIA ; M. FARRE ; L. H. FLESLAND ; M. PASINETTI ; C. PEZZOLESI ; A. PISARSKA ; H. SHAPIRO ; H. SIEMANN ; A. SKUTLE ; E. SFERRAZZA ; M. TORRENS ; P. VAN DER KREEFT ; D. ZUMMO ; N. SCHERBAUM | 2012
Dans Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental (Vol.27, n°2, March 2012) Article : Périodique

On the basis of the material available both in the scientific literature and on the web, this paper aims to provide a pharmacological, chemical and behavioural overview of the novel compound methoxetamine. This is a dissociative drug related to [...]

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The challenge of complex drug use: Associated use of codeine-containing medicines and new psychoactive substances in a European cross-sectional online population

A. KIMERGARD ; M. FOLEY ; Z. DAVEY ; E. WADSWORTH ; C. DRUMMOND ; P. DELUCA | 2017
Dans Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental (Vol.32, n°3, May 2017) Article : Périodique

Objective: Misuse of codeine-containing medicines in combination with new psychoactive substances (NPS) is inadequately described. This study characterises codeine consumption amongst NPS users and non-NPS users to provide warning of health issu[...]

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