Up to now, little is known about the metabolic pathways of new fentanyl analogs that have
recently emerged on the drug markets worldwide with high potential for producing addiction …

One hundred fifteen Americans die every day from opioid overdose. These overdose
fatalities have been augmented by the increased availability of potent synthetic opioids …

In the last decades, more and more new psychoactive substances (NPS) were introduced on
the drug market which were sold as “legal” alternatives for classic drugs and misused …

The emergence of new psychoactive substances has earned a great deal of attention, and
several reports of acute poisoning and deaths have been issued involving, for instance …

The analytical toxicologist may be required to detect, identify, and in many cases measure a
wide variety of compounds in samples from almost any part of the body or in related …

The aim of this review was to report the most recent cases of acute intoxication, fatalities and
“driving under the influence” cases, involving illicit fentanyl and its newest analogs. When …

Over the past few years, there has been an emerging number of new psychoactive drugs.
These drugs are frequently mentioned as “legal highs”,“herbal highs”,“bath salts” and …

New psychoactive substances (NPS) are an emerging public health issue and deaths are
commonly associated with polydrug abuse. Moreover, the number of new substances …

Today, new psychoactive substances (NPS) producers increasingly appear to be targeting
new synthetic opioids (NSOs), and the recent emergence of NSOs is causing considerable …

Novel synthetic opioids (NSO) are an emerging class belonging to new psychoactive
substances (NPS). They include fentanyl (eg, acetylfentanyl, ocfentanil, carfentanil …