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ArticleCurrent neuropharmacology2019

New Psychoactive Substances: A Matter of Time.

Flaminia Pantano, Silvia Graziano, Roberta Pacifici, Francesco Paolo Busardò, Simona Pichini

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Article in Current neuropharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The dilemma of new psychoactive substances: A growing threat.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
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  11. Novel Psychoactive Phenethylamines: Impact on Genetic Material.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Flaminia PantanoDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Silvia GrazianoNational Centre on Addiction and Doping, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy.
Roberta PacificiNational Centre on Addiction and Doping, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy.
Francesco Paolo BusardòSection of Legal Medicine, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.
Simona PichiniNational Centre on Addiction and Doping, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITMarche Polytechnic University · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the last few years, a wide range of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have been produced and marketed to elude the controlled substance lists. These molecules enter the traditional illegal and web market with poor knowledge about their toxicity, mechanism of action, metabolism, abuse potential so that they are directly tested by the consumers. This perspective highlights the main issues connected with NPS: the celerity they enter and leave the market once included in the banning laws to be substituted by new legal analogues; the unavailability of analytical screening tests and certified standards to perform toxicological analyses; the time lag between NPS identification and inclusion in the controlled substances lists. Finally, the authors take a snapshot of the commitment of the Italian Early Warning System in highlighting the recent seizures of NPS as well as the distribution of NPS related intoxication and deaths as an example of what is happening in the European countries and internationally.

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Designer DrugsHumansIllicit DrugsItalyPsychotropic DrugsDesigner DrugsIllicit DrugsPsychotropic Drugsanalogcontrolled substancesearly warning systemNPStoxicitytoxicological analysis.

Identifiers

PMID31577198
PMCPMC7052837
OpenAlexW2969752662

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