K2 or Spice products are emerging drugs of abuse that contain synthetic cannabinoids
(SCBs). Although assumed by many teens and first time drug users to be a “safe” and “legal” …

Originally synthesized for research purposes, indole-and pyrrole-derived synthetic
cannabinoids are the most common psychoactive compounds contained in abused products …

Novel psychoactive substances include synthetic cannabinoids, cathinone derivatives,
psychedelic phenethylamines, novel stimulants, synthetic opioids, tryptamine derivatives …

Synthetic cannabinoid (SC) designer drugs featuring bioisosteric fluorine substitution are
identified by forensic chemists and toxicologists with increasing frequency. Although …

With new synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) appearing on the European drug market every year,
early warning systems are key to detect, monitor, and respond to threats posed by them. The …

Commercial preparations containing synthetic cannabinoids (SCBs) are rapidly emerging as
drugs of abuse. Although often assumed to be “safe” and “legal” alternatives to cannabis …

We identified two new-type cannabimimetic quinolinyl carboxylates, quinolin-8-yl 1-pentyl-(1
H-indole)-3-carboxylate (QUPIC, 1) and quinolin-8-yl 1-(cyclohexylmethyl)-1 H-indole-3 …

Background The last decade has seen a rapid and continuous growth in the availability and
use of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) across the world. Although various products …

Cannabimimetics (commonly referred to as synthetic cannabinoids), a group of compounds
encompassing a wide range of chemical structures, have been developed by scientists with …

Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) have proliferated as new psychoactive
substances (NPS) over the past decade. Relative to other classes of NPS, SCRAs are …