New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) – a Challenge for the Addiction Treatment Services
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[Use of psychoactive substances: a new-old challenge].
Since the 1980’s, international organizations like the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, Ministries and Secretariats responsible for local health guidelines in different countries have recognized the consequences of psychoactive substance use, not only for the individual consumer, but also for families, other related persons and communities in general. The 2002 Wo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmacopsychiatry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0176-3679,1439-0795
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-102059