New psychoactive substances: a review and updates

A Shafi, AJ Berry, H Sumnall… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous group of substances. They are
associated with a number of health and social harms on an individual and societal level …

Designer drugs: mechanism of action and adverse effects

D Luethi, ME Liechti - Archives of toxicology, 2020 - Springer
Psychoactive substances with chemical structures or pharmacological profiles that are
similar to traditional drugs of abuse continue to emerge on the recreational drug market …

Correlation between the potency of hallucinogens in the mouse head-twitch response assay and their behavioral and subjective effects in other species

AL Halberstadt, M Chatha, AK Klein, J Wallach… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Serotonergic hallucinogens such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) induce head twitches
in rodents via 5-HT 2A receptor activation. The goal of the present investigation was to …

[책][B] Forensic chemistry

S Bell - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Forensic Chemistry, Third Edition, the new edition of this ground-breaking book, continues to
serve as the leading forensic chemistry text on the market. Fully updated, this edition …

Application of quantum–chemical methods in the forensic prediction of psychedelic drugs' spectra (IR, NMR, UV–VIS, and MS): a case study of LSD and its analogs

J Džodić, D Milenković, M Marković, Z Marković… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Featured Application This article presents the application of theoretical chemistry methods in
forensic sciences as exemplified by LSD and its analogs. These methods allow for the …

Identification of LSD analogs, 1cP-AL-LAD, 1cP-MIPLA, 1V-LSD and LSZ in sheet products

R Tanaka, M Kawamura, S Mizutani… - Forensic toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Many analogs of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) have recently appeared as
designer drugs around the world. These compounds are mainly distributed as sheet …

Stimulant and hallucinogenic novel psychoactive substances; an update

F Schifano, A Vento, N Scherbaum… - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The renewed interest in considering a range of stimulants, psychedelics and
dissociatives as therapeutics emphasizes the need to draft an updated overview of these …

New Psychoactive Substances: Major Groups, Laboratory Testing Challenges, Public Health Concerns, and Community‐Based Solutions

CG Awuchi, MP Aja, NB Mitaki, S Morya… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Across communities worldwide, various new psychoactive substances (NPSs) continue to
emerge, which worsens the challenges to global mental health, drug rules, and public health …

Automated detection of the head-twitch response using wavelet scalograms and a deep convolutional neural network

AL Halberstadt - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Hallucinogens induce the head-twitch response (HTR), a rapid reciprocal head movement,
in mice. Although head twitches are usually identified by direct observation, they can also be …

Return of the lysergamides. Part VI: Analytical and behavioural characterization of 1‐cyclopropanoyl‐d‐lysergic acid diethylamide (1CP‐LSD)

SD Brandt, PV Kavanagh, F Westphal… - Drug testing and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a prototypical serotonergic psychedelic drug and the
subject of many clinical investigations. In recent years, a range of lysergamides has …