Purpose The emergence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) has been being a
continuous and evolving problem for more than a decade. Every year, dozens of new …

Adulteration poses additional unknown risks to the health of people who use illicit drugs. In
this study, we sought to determine the extent and nature of adulteration of 'MDMA'in …

Rationale Synthetic cathinones (SC), commonly referred to as “bath salts”, are stimulants
resembling the natural alkaloid cathinone found in the khat plant. These substances have …

Introduction Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) have been increasingly reported in the
last 15–20 years. We aimed to describe presentations to the emergency department (ED) …

Abstract Background and Purpose New psychoactive substances such as N‐ethylpentylone
(NEP) are continuously emerging in the illicit drug market, and knowledge of their effects …

Abstract N‐ethyl‐pentylone (NEP), also known as 'ephylone'and N‐ethylnorpentylone, has
been identified as one of the most recent novel psychostimulants to emerge into the illicit …

Objectives The objectives of this study were: 1) to characterise the trends and patterns of
acute toxicity related to methamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis in drug abusers …

The use and prevalence of new synthetic drugs has increased substantially over the last
decade and a half. The increasing potency and range of compounds presents an emerging …

New psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse are a major health risk globally. This
research presents a simple, rapid, low-cost, and portable paper-based Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) …

Univerzita Karlova v Praze Farmaceutická fakulta v Hradci Králové Katedra farmakologie a
toxikologie Kandidát: Aneta Grosová Školitel: doc. PharmDr. Jana Pourová, Ph. D. Název …