Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. and Back Again? A Review of Herbal Marijuana Alternatives (K2, Spice), Synthetic Cathinones (Bath Salts), Kratom, Salvia divinorum, Methoxetamine, and Piperazines

Journal of Medical Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-32

  Rosenbaum, Christopher D ^a   Carreiro, Stephanie P ^b   Babu, Kavita M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Designer drugs; Drug abuse; Emerging drugs; Herbal; Legal highs

Indexed keywords

1 (3 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 1 BENZYLPIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; CATHINONE; DEXANABINOL; KETAMINE; KRATOM; METHCATHINONE; METHOXETAMINE; MITRAGYNINE; NALTREXONE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; RIMONABANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHRONIC PAIN; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MITRAGYNA; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA; MYALGIA; MYXEDEMA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESTLESSNESS; SALVIA; SALVIA DIVINORUM; SEIZURE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALKALOIDS; CANNABINOIDS; CYCLOHEXANONES; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; HUMANS; MITRAGYNA; PIPERAZINES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SALVIA;

EID: 84857759598     PISSN: 15569039     EISSN: 19376995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13181-011-0202-2     Document Type: Article

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