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Recently, a new class of "designer drugs" has emerged on the drug use market, known as "legal highs" or "herbal highs". They include a wide range of products, from natural plant-originated substances to synthetic compounds, that can be purchased[...]
FRANÇAIS : Ce document de l'IDPC et du Transnational Institute (TNI) cherche à définir les enjeux politiques et de santé publique créés par l'émergence de nouvelles substances psychoactives. Ces substances, communément appelées « drogues légal[...]
This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Ministry of Health. Current legislation has proved ineffective in dealing with the rapid growth in new psychoactive substances, such as party pills and other legal highs, which can be sy[...]
"Novel Psychoactive Substances: Classification, Pharmacology and Toxicology" provides readers with background on the classification, detection, supply and availability of novel psychoactive substances, otherwise known as "legal highs." This book[...]
D. M. WOOD ; P. I. DARGAN | 2012
Dans Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (Vol.34, n°4, August 2012) Article : PériodiqueSince the turn of the 21st century, there has been an increase in the availability and use of novel psychoactive substances (also known as "legal highs") across Europe. Currently, there is limited information available on the potential acute tox[...]
This paper is intended to provide the basis for a discussion of policy options in dealing with new psychoactive substances that show signs of popularity and of harmfulness within a wider project being undertaken by the UK Drug Policy Commission [...]
ENGLISH : The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of use, epidemiology and toxicity of 'herbal party pills' in ED presenters. This was an analytical cross-sectional survey of patients and relatives presenting to a large te[...]
S. DAVIES ; D. M. WOOD ; G. SMITH ; J. BUTTON ; J. RAMSEY ; R. ARCHER ; D. W. HOLT ; P. I. DARGAN | 2010
Dans QJM (Vol.103, n°7, July 2010) Article : PériodiqueBackground: The supply of recreational drugs has changed and users increasingly buy 'legal highs' over the Internet. Use of these is common and there is a potential for significant toxicity associated with their use. Aim: To determine the conte[...]
ENGLISH : This publication presents the findings of the formal risk assessment on BZP, produced in 2007 by the Scientific Committee of the EMCDDA, with participation of additional experts from the European Commission, Europol and the EMEA. The[...]
C. B. McNABB ; B. R. RUSSELL ; D. CAPRIOLI ; D. J. NUTT ; S. GIBBONS ; J. W. DALLEY | 2012
Dans Current Drug Abuse Reviews (Vol.5, n°4, December 2012) Article : PériodiqueA recent and dramatic increase in the emergence of novel psychoactive substances ('legal highs') has left many governments unable to provide a timely response to an increasing number of potentially harmful drugs now available to the public. In r[...]
J. SHERIDAN ; C. Y. DONG ; R. BUTLER ; J. BARNES | 2013
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.24, n°5, September 2013) Article : PériodiqueBackground: The last decade has seen the emergence of a new phenomenon in recreational substance use with the availability of herbal and synthetic, unregulated, psychoactive drugs in the market place; alongside this, international concern has de[...]
C. WILKINS ; P. SWEETSUR ; K. PARKER | 2014
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.144, November 2014) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Legal highs containing benzylpiperazine (BZP) were widely sold in New Zealand until BZP was prohibited in 2008. We examined the impact the prohibition had on the availability and price of BZP over following years. Methods: Two nati[...]
C. WILKINS ; P. SWEETSUR | 2013
Dans Drug and Alcohol Dependence (Vol.127, n°1-3, January 2013) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Benzylpiperazine (BZP) is the psychoactive ingredient in a range of ‘legal highs' sold worldwide. BZP was prohibited in New Zealand in 2008. Aim: To investigate the impact of the prohibition of BZP legal highs on the prevalence of [...]
C. WILKINS ; M. GIRLING ; P. SWEETSUR | 2007
Dans Journal of Substance Use (Vol.12, n°3, June 2007) Article : PériodiqueENGLISH : Piperazine-based 'party pills' containing 1-benzylpiperazine (BZP) and 1-(m-trifluorophenylmethylphenyl)piperazine (TFMPP) have become increasingly popular in New Zealand and many other countries. The aim of this study was to collect[...]
