Synthetic cannabinoids are functionally similar to delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the
psychoactive principle of cannabis, and bind to the same cannabinoid receptors in the brain …

New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous and rapidly evolving class of
molecules available on the global illicit drug market (eg smart shops, internet,“dark net”) as a …

Introduction The online drug marketplace called 'Silk Road'has operated anonymously on
the 'Deep Web'since 2011. It is accessible through computer encrypting software (Tor) and is …

Background: The online promotion of 'drug shopping'and user information networks is of
increasing public health and law enforcement concern. An online drug marketplace called …

BACKGROUND: This paper presents the outcomes of the 2-year European Union funded
Psychonaut Web Mapping Project which aimed at developing and implementing an …

Public health thrives on high-quality evidence, yet acquiring meaningful data on a
population remains a central challenge of public health research and practice. Social …

Objectives The recent emergence of new psychoactive compounds (novel psychoactive
substances (NPS)) has raised prominent challenges in the fields of drug policy, substance …

Background The number of newly reported psychoactive substances in Europe is now
higher than ever. In order to evade legal restrictions, old and novel psychoactive substances …

On the basis of the material available both in the scientific literature and on the web, this
paper aims to provide a pharmacological, chemical and behavioural overview of the novel …

Zdrowie według Światowej Organizacji Zdrowia (WHO), to stan pełnego, dobrego
samopoczucia fizycznego, psychicznego i społecznego, a nie tylko brak choroby [1] …