[HTML][HTML] U-47700 and its analogs: non-fentanyl synthetic opioids impacting the recreational drug market

MH Baumann, G Tocco, DM Papsun, AL Mohr… - Brain sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The recreational use of opioid drugs is a global threat to public health and safety. In
particular, an epidemic of opioid overdose fatalities is being driven by illicitly manufactured …

[HTML][HTML] Consequences of COVID-19 lockdown on the misuse and marketing of addictive substances and new psychoactive substances

A Di Trana, J Carlier, P Berretta, S Zaami… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Since the first outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2)
in China in December 2019, the infection has rapidly spread all over the world. This new …

Piperazine derivatives as dangerous abused compounds

A Welz, M Koba - Acta Pharmaceutica, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Piperazine derivatives are a group of compounds with a psychostimulant effect.
They are an alternative to illegal drugs. They are being searched for recreational use due to …

[HTML][HTML] Nonmedical prescription psychiatric drug use and the darknet: a cryptomarket analysis

J Cunliffe, D Décary-Hêtu, TA Pollak - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Nonmedical prescription psychiatric drug use (NMPDU) is an increasing global
health problem, with recent concern focusing on darknet cryptomarkets as sources of …

[HTML][HTML] Recent changes in drug abuse scenarios: the new/novel psychoactive substances (NPS) phenomenon

F Schifano - Brain Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Several definitions of NPS are in use, with the term 'new'not necessarily referring to new
inventions but to substances that have recently been made available, possibly including …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of the use of new psychoactive substances by individuals in treatment for substance misuse in the UK

R Gittins, A Guirguis, F Schifano, I Maidment - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Substance misuse services need to meet the growing demand and needs of individuals
using new psychoactive substances (NPS). A review of the literature identified a paucity of …

New psychoactive substances on dark web markets: From deal solicitation to forensic analysis of purchased substances

B Jurásek, I Čmelo, J Svoboda, J Čejka… - Drug testing and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The dark web scene has been drawing the attention of law enforcement agencies and
researchers alike. To date, most of the published works on the dark web are based on data …

Toxic lifespan of the synthetic opioid U-47,700 in Finland verified by re-analysis of UPLC-TOF-MS data

P Kriikku, A Pelander, I Rasanen, I Ojanperä - Forensic science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract U-47,700 is a synthetic opioid that emerged on the novel psychoactive substance
market a few years ago. After incorporating the substance into the urine UPLC-TOF-MS …

New psychoactive substances in Turkey: narcotics cases assessed by the Council of Forensic Medicine between 2016 and 2017 in Ankara, Turkey

E Göl, I Çok - Forensic science international, 2019 - Elsevier
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are synthetic compounds launched within the last
decade as legal alternatives to common drugs of abuse. Despite the rapid growth of the NPS …

[PDF][PDF] A link analysis algorithm for identification of key hidden services

SA Khan, A Alharbi, M Faizan, W Alosaimi - 2021 - cdn.techscience.cn
The Tor dark web network has been reported to provide a breeding ground for criminals and
fraudsters who are exploiting the vulnerabilities in the network to carry out illicit and …