A simple and reliable gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for identifying and quantifying psychoactive drugs in oral fluid is described. Substances under investigation were: psychostimulant drugs (amphetamine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxiamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine, phentermine), cocaine and metabolites (benzoylecgonine, c...

The majority of adult people in western societies regularly consume psychoactive drugs. While this consumption is integrated in everyday life activities and controlled in most consumers, it may escalate and result in drug addiction. Non-addicted drug use requires the systematic establishment of highly organized behaviors, such as drug-seeking and -taking. While a significant role for classical ...

Background Driving performance is easily disrupted as a direct consequence of the use of alcohol, licit and illicit drugs. Epidemiological research suggests that a blood alcohol level of 80mg/100ml (the UK legal limit) is associated with an approximate doubling of the risk of a driver becoming involved in a collision. This legal BAC limit is used as a reference point to indicate the impaired an...

Abstract The misuse of psychoactive substances is attracting a great deal attention from the general public. An increase use observed among young people who do not have enough awareness harmful effects these substances. Easy access to illicit drugs at low cost and lack effective means routine screening for new (NPS) contributed rapid in their use. New research evidence suggest that drug can cau...

Data from the scientific literature on current state of spread dependence psychoactive substances plant origin – cannabinoids was processed. The problem cannabinoid addiction has been studied. Forensic and pharmaceutical practice analyzed. development organizational measures in order to provide drug patients with (F12) a comprehensive approach substantiated. peculiarities pharmacotherapy availa...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence of corporal punishment and the infliction of injuries from a beating occurring without provocation in the previous 6 months among secondary school children in Hong Kong, and to examine the associations between these two forms of physical maltreatment with substance-use-related behaviors and attitudes. METHODS Using secondary data, a cross-sectional, self-ad...

O n an unseasonably warm spring morning in his office in Baltimore, neurochemist Michael H. Baumann eagerly flipped through a spreadsheet. It listed hundreds of chemical names of suspected drugs seized by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies over the past three years. " When police bust people with some white powder or a baggie full of pot-looking material, it gets sent to forensi...

This study assesses the presence of a number of psychoactive substances, including alcohol, based on blood samples from 840 seriously injured drivers admitted to five selected hospitals located in five different regions of Denmark. The study was a part of the EU 6th framework program DRUID (Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines). Blood samples were screened for 30 illegal ...

The increase in use and misuse of psychoactive substances is a global challenge of grave public health concern. This study aims to ascertain the patterns and socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substances among undergraduates in a Nigerian University. Two hundred and ninety three subjects participated in the study. Questionnaires on risk factors and variation of psychoactive substances...

Abstract English The last decade has witnessed the emergence of new psychoactive substances that are analogues classical drugs abuse in order to escape regulations surrounding latter drugs. These were both herbal and synthetic origin advertised initially as ‘legal highs’; thus, they perceived safe by users. Hence, upon their emergence, not controlled Misuse Drugs Act 1971, which contributed pop...