Psychoactives
The Next Drug Crisis Has Already Started: Rethinking Surveillance, Toxicology and Public Health in the Era of Rapidly Evolving Psychoactive Substances
The global drug landscape is undergoing its most profound transformation since the emergence of the modern illicit drug market during the twentieth century. For decades, drug policies, analytical toxicology, forensic science, and public health responses have been developed around a relatively limited number of well-characterized substances, including heroin, cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamines such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Although new psychoactive substances (NPS) have received increasing atten …