Novel psychoactive substances are newly used designer drugs (" internet drugs"," research
chemicals"," legal highs") potentially posing similar health risks to classic illicit substances …

Abstract Ecstasy (3, 4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA) is the third most used
illicit drug, after cannabis and amphetamines. There has been considerable interest in the …

Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative
information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to …

Psychoactive β-keto amphetamines (cathinones) are sold as “bath salts” or “legal highs” and
recreationally abused. We characterized the pharmacology of a new series of cathinones …

Efflux of dopamine through the dopamine transporter (DAT) is critical for the
psychostimulatory properties of amphetamines, but the underlying mechanism is unclear …

In HEK 293 cells expressing the human dopamine transporter (DAT), a 10-min incubation
with 10 μM cocaine followed by extensive washing resulted in a 30% increase in [3H] …

Synthetic cathinones are analogs of cathinone or β-ketoamphetamine–the major
psychostimulant component of the shrub Catha edulis or khat. Cathinone analogs–though …

Abuse of designer drugs is widespread among young people, especially in the so-called
“dance club scene” or “rave scene”, worldwide. Severe and even fatal poisonings have been …

Prevalence of psychostimulant use is high, and raising in several countries. Nicotine is the
legal stimulant causing the most important public health impact. Cocaine ranks among the …

Background: New psychoactive substances (NPSs) are substitutes for classical drugs of
abuse and there are now compounds available from all groups of classical drugs of abuse …