320102

New designer drugs: An emergent community challenge

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Forensic medicine and clinical toxicology.

Abstract

The availability of drugs with psychotropic effects on worldwide market constitutes a significant threat to public health and a problem for drug policy. Frequently, little is known about the detrimental effects on health and the social implications, making prevention and therapy difficult. It is difficult to analyze and identify a significant number of chemically varied drugs prevalent in pharmaceuticals marketplaces at the same manner. To respond to this circumstance, it is necessary to monitor, share information, provide early warning, and be aware of risks. NPS has been referred to in the market as "bath salts," "legal highs," and "research chemicals." According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime," abusive substance, whether in its original form or a mixture, that is not controlled by the 1961 International Convention on Illicit Drugs or the 1971 Convention on the Control of Psychotropic Drugs but which may pose a global health threat is referred to as a "new psychoactive substance" NPS. Numerous NPS were initially synthesized decades ago, therefore the descriptor "new" does not always indicate to new items .instead, it refers to compounds that have recently become accessible to consumers.

DOI

10.21608/muj.2023.239219.1148

Keywords

New psychoactive substances, Legal highs, Synthetic cathinones, Synthetic cannabinoids, toxicity

Authors

First Name

Basma

Last Name

Abd El-aal

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Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology ,Faculty of Medicine , Port Said university

Email

basssmaabdelaal@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hemeda

MiddleName

shaban

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology ,Faculty of Medicine , Port Said university

Email

mohamudsadawy@med.psu.eg

City

Port Said

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First Name

Heba

Last Name

Sayed

MiddleName

Youssef

Affiliation

Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology ,Faculty of Medicine , Port Said university

Email

profdrheba.youssef@gmail.com

City

Port Said

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Volume

15

Article Issue

15

Related Issue

43685

Issue Date

2023-10-01

Receive Date

2023-09-27

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

69

Page End

76

Online ISSN

2682-2741

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320,102

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Review Article

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951

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Medicine Updates

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https://muj.journals.ekb.eg/

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New designer drugs: An emergent community challenge

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Created At

24 Dec 2024