The United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances devotes Article 17 to combating illicit traffic by sea. It establishes a mechanism for the suppression of such activities when they are carried out outside territorial sea States accordance with International Law Sea. Among tools envisaged is possibility Parties establish bilateral multilateral a...

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...

Psychotropic pharmaceuticals present in the environment may impact organisms both directly and via interaction strengths with other organisms, including predators; therefore, this study examined the potential effects of pharmaceuticals on behavioral responses of fish to avian predators. Wild-caught juvenile perch (Perca fluviatilis) were assayed using a striking bird model after a seven-day exp...

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are usually prescribed a variety of psychotropic drugs; however, none is recommended in the guidelines nor has any been approved for this indication. As data on drug prescriptions for BPD are sparse, cross-sectional data from the European Drug Safety Project AMSP were used to analyse drug prescriptions of 2195 in-patients with BPD between 2001...

The use of cannabinoids (substances contained specifically in hemp plants) for therapeutic purposes has received increased attention recent years. Presently, is paid to two main cannabinoids: delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). With respect the psychotropic effects dependence potential THC (though it very mild), its associated with certain restrictions, thus properties CBD...

In the field of forensic toxicology, numerous strategies using different types of LC-MS platforms have been developed to set up an ultimate comprehensive screening method. Despite all this research, the question for the detection of a dedicated set of substances arises quite often in daily routine work. In this project, a screening method for the detection of psychotropic drugs based on the ope...

The present work has been aimed at surveying the phenomenon of student's use of psychotropic substances, especially alcohol. The results of the research are the basis for planning preventative measures to be taken in the academic community. The research was conducted by means of a survey in which 440 students of state High Vocational School took part. The results of the survey reveal that alcoh...

Thirty-two psychotropic substances were listed as designated substances (Shitei-Yakubutsu, 31 compounds and 1 plant) in Japan by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law in April 2007 for preventing the abuse of these substances. Subsequently, other psychoactive compounds were also added to this category, 40 substances (classified as 12 tryptamines, 17 phenethylamines, 3 piperazines, 6 alkyl nitrites, 1 ...