An Update on the Implications of New Psychoactive Substances in Public Health

The emergence of new psychoactive substances has earned a great deal of attention, and several reports of acute poisoning and deaths have been issued involving, for instance, synthetic opiates. In recent years, there have been profound alterations in the legislation concerning consumption, marketing...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 8; p. 4869
Main Authors Simão, Ana Y., Antunes, Mónica, Cabral, Emanuel, Oliveira, Patrik, Rosendo, Luana M., Brinca, Ana Teresa, Alves, Estefânia, Marques, Hernâni, Rosado, Tiago, Passarinha, Luís A., Andraus, Maristela, Barroso, Mário, Gallardo, Eugenia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 17.04.2022
MDPI
Subjects
Analgesics, Opioid
Benzodiazepines
Drugs
Illicit Drugs
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Marketing
Narcotics
Pharmacokinetics
Psychotropic Drugs
Public Health
Review
Stimulants
Europe
toxicity
new psychoactive substances
health problems
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Summary:The emergence of new psychoactive substances has earned a great deal of attention, and several reports of acute poisoning and deaths have been issued involving, for instance, synthetic opiates. In recent years, there have been profound alterations in the legislation concerning consumption, marketing, and synthesis of these compounds; rapid alert systems have also been subject to changes, and new substances and new markets, mainly through the internet, have appeared. Their effects and how they originate in consumers are still mostly unknown, primarily in what concerns chronic toxicity. This review intends to provide a detailed description of these substances from the point of view of consumption, toxicokinetics, and health consequences, including case reports on intoxications in order to help researchers and public health agents working daily in this area.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19084869