Oxford University Press eBooks
September 29, 2011
Alf Gabrielsson
3 citations
In accounts of strong experiences with music, the experience is sometimes described with words such as ‘magical’, ‘mysterious’, ‘supernatural’, or ‘extraterrestrial’. The narrator feels as if he/she is put in a trance or ecstasy, there may be a feeling of totally merging with something bigger and of glimpsing other worlds or existences. These are examples of transcendental experiences (from the...
BMJ
September 27, 2011
Jacqui Wise
2 citations
The number of people experiencing problems after taking club drugs such as ketamine and mephedrone is rising, says the founder of the first NHS clinic in the United Kingdom set up specifically to tackle the issue. The Club Drug Clinic in west London opened its doors this week to deal with problems associated with excessive use of drugs such as ketamine, mephedrone, GHB (γ-hydroxybutyric acid)...
Drugs and Alcohol Today
September 16, 2011
Fiona Catherine Measham, Karenza Moore, Jeanette Østergaard
47 citations
Purpose In this fourth paper in a series on emergent drug trends in the UK (2006 ketamine, 2009 MDMA powder/crystal, 2010 mephedrone), the authors consider how the pharmacological landscape has changed since substituted cathinones (including mephedrone) were controlled in April 2010 and in particular assess the prevalence of mephedrone in the general night time economy (NTE) and its...
Drug Testing and Analysis
September 2011
Tibor M Brunt, Raymond J.m. Niesink
The Ministry of Health in the Netherlands has made illicit drug testing for drug users possible since the 1990s, in order to prevent serious health hazards associated with unexpected dangerous substances. This system of illicit drug testing is called the Drug Information and Monitoring System (DIMS). In nearly two decades, more than 100 000 drug samples have been handed in at DIMS testing...
Drug Testing and Analysis
September 2011
Laurent Karila, Michel Reynaud
Designer drugs belong to a group of legally or illegally produced substances that are structurally and pharmacologically very similar to illicit drugs. In the past, designer drugs were often used during all-night dance parties, but they are now consumed in multiple settings from college bars to parks to private house parties. Most of these club drugs can be bought on legal websites and...
Humana Press eBooks
August 26, 2011
Javed Khan, Thomas J. Kennedy, Donnell R. Christian
3 citations
Phenethylamines are introduced as a class of illicit drugs. The structure and forensic identification of amphetamine, methamphetamine, phentermine, phenylpropanolamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, aka ecstasy), ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, cathinone, methcathinone, khat, and mescaline are presented. A detailed discussion on optical isomerism is...
Humana Press eBooks
August 26, 2011
Javed Khan, Thomas J. Kennedy, Donnell R. Christian
1 citation
The primary focus is on illicit methamphetamine production; however, synthetic procedures commonly used in the clandestine production of cocaine (HCl and base), fentanyl, gamma -hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), heroin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, aka ecstasy), methcathinone, phencyclidine (PCP), and N , N -dimethyltryptamine (DMT) are also included. It...
Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie up2date
August 18, 2011
Euphrosyne Gouzoulis‐mayfrank
All articles of this category Kernaussagen Psychotische Rauschverläufe und rauschüberdauernde drogeninduzierte Psychosen kommen bei einer Vielzahl von Drogen vor, die über verschiedene pharmakologische Akutmechanismen wirken. Hierzu gehören Cannabis, Stimulanzien, Ecstasy und Halluzinogene. In der Regel lässt sich aus klinischen und experimentellen Befunden eine Dosisabhängigkeit ableiten,...
Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra
August 1, 2011
Guillermo Burillo Putze, B. Prats Climent, José Luís Echarte et al.
10 citations
In recent years, a series of new drugs, known as smart drugs or legal highs, have gaining in popularity. They are easily obtainable through online shops. This is happening amongst younger segments of the population and is associated with recreational consumption, at weekends. In general, they are synthetic derivatives of natural products. There has been hardly any clinical research into them...
Current Drug Abuse Reviews
June 1, 2011
Jolanta B. Zawilska
61 citations
Recently, a new class of “designer drugs” has emerged on the drug use market, known as “legal highs” or “herbal highs”. They include a wide range of products, from natural plant-originated substances to synthetic compounds, that can be purchased both online and from high street retailers. “Legal highs” mimic psychoactive effects of illicit drugs of abuse. However, they are claimed to consist of...