The prevalence of new psychoactive substances in biological material - a three-year review of casework in Poland

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 64-71

  Adamowicz, Piotr ^a   Gieroń, Joanna ^a   Gil, Dominika ^a   Lechowicz, Wojciech ^a   Skulska, Agnieszka ^a   Tokarczyk, Bogdan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood; Designer drugs; Legal highs; New psychoactive substances; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AMINOPROPYL; BENZOFURANS; BLOOD; CATHINONE; DESIGNER DRUGS; LEGAL HIGH; NEW PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE; PHENETHYLAMINES; PREVALENCE; SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

(3 CHLOROPHENYL)PIPERAZINE; 2 METHYLMETHCATHINONE; 3',4' METHYLENEDIOXY ALPHA PYRROLIDINOBUTYROPHENONE; 4 METHYLETHCATHINONE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; 5 (2 AMINOPROPYL)BENZOFURAN; ALPHA PYRROLIDINOPENTIOPHENONE; AMPHETAMINE; ARALKYLAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUPHEDRONE; CANNABINOL DERIVATIVE; CATHINONE; COCAINE; DESOXYPIPRADROL; ETHCATHINONE; EUTYLONE; METHCATHINONE; METHIOPROPAMINE; METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; METHYLONE; NEW DRUG; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UR 144; ALKALOID; CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG; PHENETHYLAMINE;

BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOLOGY; URINE LEVEL; VITREOUS BODY; BLOOD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALKALOIDS; CANNABINOIDS; DESIGNER DRUGS; HUMANS; PHENETHYLAMINES; PIPERAZINES; PIPERIDINES; POLAND; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84955711236     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1924     Document Type: Review

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