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Novel psychoactive substances.
There has been a significant increase in the number of new intoxicants on the illegal drugs market globally, also in Norway. The substances are given the name NPS: Novel Psychoactive Substances, and are mainly sold over the Internet. Uncertain dosage of potent substances entails a risk of accidental overdose, and therefore serious intoxication and death. In this article we provide an overview o...
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The regulation of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has confounded governments throughout the western world. In 2014 the UK government convened an NPS Review Expert Panel to consider a range of approaches. Ultimately the Panel recommended that the government ban all new psychoactive drugs and allow only psychoactive substances specifically exempted, such as alcohol, tobacco and those allowed as...
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BACKGROUND The increasing number of legally ambiguous and precarious Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) constitutes a challenge for policy makers and public health. Scientific and more in-depth knowledge about the motivations for using NPS is scarce and often consist of predetermined, non-systematic, or poorly described reasons deduced from top-down approaches. Therefore, the aim of the presen...
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the correlation between the presence of depressive symptoms and quality of life in users of psychoactive substances from Psychosocial Attention Centers in Mato Grosso. METHOD A cross-sectional analytical study, conducted in Psychosocial Attention Centers, with 109 users. The instruments used were: Medical Outcomes Study 36, Beck Depression Inventory, socio-demographic v...
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The present special issue addresses two key areas, which at first sight may not appear to be particularly related to each other. Their novelty, however, connects them tightly. The appearance of these two issues has, on one hand, required and promoted a renewal of the perspective in addiction science and, on the other hand, could facilitate the rethinking of practical , therapeutic, and preventi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2175-5361,1809-6107
DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.rpcfo.v12.7095