New psychoactive substances (NPS) have made a substantial impact on the global drug
market through their dynamic spread into recreational drug consumption and the challenges …

OBJECTIVE: New psychoactive substances (NPS), are a range of drugs designed to mimic
the effects of established illicit drugs, being legal at the time of their distribution in illicit …

This review paper is based on a talk given at the British Pharmaceutical Society Winter
Meeting in 2018 derived from the Home Office Report on the workings of the UK …

Background Self-substitution is the conscious switch from one drug to another for reasons
such as price, availability, desired effect, or perceived benefit of the substitute drug …

Background Poisoning has become a widespread and dangerous phenomenon worldwide.
The purpose of our study was to determine and analyze the pattern of poisoning cases …

Drug abuse represents a significant public health problem with a growing tendency. As a
way of circumventing the strict national and international control of psychoactive substances …

In recent years, new psychoactive substances (NPS)(” legal highs” or “designer drugs”) are
increasing worldwide. An increase in NPS is a cause for concern for drug-regulatory …

Knowledge of drug composition consumed on the streets and the identification and
quantification of their adulterants is essential for understanding unexpected side effects …

The significant shift on how drugs are now manufactured, marketed, sold and consumed,
driven by technological development and by globalization, has raised major challenges in …

The present study aimed to verify the influence of psychoactive drug use on retrospective
and prospective self-perception of memory during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. This is a …