New psychoactive substances: Catalysing a shift in forensic science practice?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1674, 2015, Pages

  Tettey, Justice ^a   Crean, Conor ^a  

^a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analysis of drugs; Forensic science; New psychoactive substances; Research

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; DRUG; FORENSIC SCIENCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARADIGM SHIFT; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG LEGISLATION; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; LEGISLATION, DRUG; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932156102     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0265     Document Type: Article

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