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Udo Bonnet

4 papers in the library · 92 citations · publishing 2017-2026

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Differences between users' and addiction medicine experts' harm and benefit assessments of licit and illicit psychoactive drugs: Input for psychoeducation and legalization/restriction debates.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2022 Udo Bonnet, Michael Specka, Ann-Kristin Kanti et al. 4 citations

There is a lack of benefit/harm assessments of illicit and licit psychoactive substances performed by substance-dependent users in comparison to addiction medicine experts. We extended the analyses of substance harm/benefit assessments of German addiction medicine experts (N = 101), in parts reported recently in this journal [doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.59219], by the perspectives of...

Prevalence of Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Use in Patients Admitted to Drug Detoxification Treatment

Frontiers in Psychiatry July 7, 2020 Michael Specka, Thomas Kuhlmann, Jürgen Sawazki et al. 42 citations

Background About 15 years ago, a diverse group of new recreational psychotropic substances began to emerge, which were marketed for example as “legal highs,” “research chemicals,” or “designer drugs.” These substances were later subsumed under the label “Novel Psychoactive Substances” (NPS). Important NPS classes are cathinones, synthetic cannabimimetics, phenethylamines, and herbal drugs. The...

New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) – a Challenge for the Addiction Treatment Services

Pharmacopsychiatry April 25, 2017 Norbert Scherbaum, Fabrizio Schifano, Udo Bonnet 46 citations

Over the last few years, hundreds of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have been identified in Europe. Apart from some herbal compounds, NPS mainly include synthetic cannabinoids and a range of new synthetic stimulants (e. g., cathinones). Synthetic NPS are often developed whilst modifying the basic chemical (e. g., phenethylamine or tryptamine) structure. Although the pharmacology and...