Das GesundheitswesenFebruary 1, 2024Ursula Kappl, Bernd Huppertz, Heino Stöver et al.
The aim of this long-term study was to record substance-specific prevalences of illegal use of narcotics despite court-imposed abstinence requirements. Urine assays were obtained by a public health department on the basis of administrative assistance for the probation department of a district court. The individual and valid allocation of these urine samples was ensured using a proven marker...
Das GesundheitswesenJune 14, 2016Jörg Pietsch, K. Scheffel, Daniela Acquarone et al.2 citations
AIM OF THE STUDY: Based on an abundance of information on the internet, psychotropic plants and mushrooms are of increasing relevance as legal and cheap alternatives to other illicit drugs. Due to the lack of a German database, the abuse of selected biogenic drugs using reported exposures to 3 German Poison Information Centres (PICs) was examined. METHODS: Information on abuse of biogenic drugs...
Psychosen sind Störungen der Neurotransmission im Gehirn. Bestimmte Neurotransmitter (z.B. Dopamin, Serotonin und Glutamat) werden in bestimmten Hirnregionen zu viel, in anderen zu wenig ausgeschüttet, so dass es zu Störungen des Denkens, der Handlungsplanung und der sensorischen Wahrnehmung (Halluzinationen) kommt oder bestimmte Ereignisse in bizarrer Weise interpretiert werden. So kann beim...
The German pages of the Internet were searched for the presence of the hallucinogenic herbal drug Salvia divinorum, which is not dealt with in current addiction medicine or psychiatric text books. The investigation is part of the EU sponsored project "Psychonaut" as preparatory work for the development of an Internet-based early warning system. The first 100 websites of the search using "Salvia...