Main description:

Novel Psychoactive Substances: Classification, Pharmacology and Toxicology provides readers with background on the classification, detection, supply and availability of novel psychoactive substances, otherwise known as "legal highs." This book also covers individual classes of novel psychoactive substances that have recently emerged onto the recreational drug scene and provides an overview of the pharmacology of the substance followed by a discussion of the acute and chronic harm or toxicity associated with the substance. Written by international experts in the field, this multi-authored book is a valuable reference for scientists, clinicians, academics, and regulatory and law enforcement professionals.

Contents:

Section 1: Background 1. Legal Classification of Novel Psychoactive Substances: An International Comparison 2. Monitoring novel psychoactive substances - a global perspective 3. Availability and Supply of Novel Psychoactive Substances 4. Epidemiology and Use of Novel Psychoactive Substances 5. Social issues in the use of novel psychoactive substances Section 2: Analytical Techniques 6. Analytical techniques for the detection of novel psychoactive substances and their metabolites Section 3: Individual Novel Psychoactive Substances 7. Synthetic Amphetamines including novel MDMA analogues 8. 1-benzylpiperazine and other piperazines 9. 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone) and other synthetic cathinones 10. Pipradrol and pripradrol derivatives 11. Aminoindanes and related compounds 12. Gamma-hydrogybutyrate and its analogues 13. Ketamine 14. Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists 15. Herbal novel psychoactive substances 16. Tryptamines 17. Benzodifurans 18. Miscellaneous compounds