New Psychoactive Substances: Pharmacology, Clinical, Forensic and Analytical Toxicology

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 Responding to New Psychoactive Substances in the European Union: Early Warning, Risk Assessment, and Control Measures  (Michael Evans-Brown, Roumen Sedefov)....Pages 3-49
 Emergence, Diversity, and Control of New Psychoactive Substances: A Global Perspective  (Justice N. A. Tettey, Conor Crean, Susan C. Ifeagwu, Martin Raithelhuber)....Pages 51-67
 Self-Experiments with Psychoactive Substances: A Historical Perspective  (Torsten Passie, Simon D. Brandt)....Pages 69-110
 Neuropharmacology of Synthetic Cathinones  (Michael H. Baumann, Hailey M. Walters, Marco Niello, Harald H. Sitte)....Pages 113-142
 Pharmacology of MDMA- and Amphetamine-Like New Psychoactive Substances  (Linda D. Simmler, Matthias E. Liechti)....Pages 143-164
 The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists as New Psychoactive Substances: Origins  (Samuel D. Banister, Mark Connor)....Pages 165-190
 The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist New Psychoactive Substances: Evolution  (Samuel D. Banister, Mark Connor)....Pages 191-226
 Serotonergic Psychedelics: Experimental Approaches for Assessing Mechanisms of Action  (Clinton E. Canal)....Pages 227-260
 Phencyclidine-Based New Psychoactive Substances  (Jason Wallach, Simon D. Brandt)....Pages 261-303
 1,2-Diarylethylamine- and Ketamine-Based New Psychoactive Substances  (Jason Wallach, Simon D. Brandt)....Pages 305-352
 Synthetic Opioids  (Patrick M. Beardsley, Yan Zhang)....Pages 353-381
 Designer Benzodiazepines: Another Class of New Psychoactive Substances  (Bjoern Moosmann, Volker Auwärter)....Pages 383-410
 Bioanalytical Methods for New Psychoactive Substances  (Lea Wagmann, Hans H. Maurer)....Pages 413-439
 Toxicokinetics of NPS: Update 2017  (Markus R. Meyer)....Pages 441-459
 Epidemiology of NPS Based Confirmed Overdose Cases: The STRIDA Project  (Anders Helander, Matilda Bäckberg)....Pages 461-473
 Patterns of Acute Toxicity Associated with New Psychoactive Substances  (Simon L. Hill, Paul I. Dargan)....Pages 475-494
 Fatal Poisonings Associated with New Psychoactive Substances  (Robert Kronstrand, Davide Guerrieri, Svante Vikingsson, Ariane Wohlfarth, Henrik Gréen)....Pages 495-541
 Wastewater Analysis for Community-Wide Drugs Use Assessment  (Christoph Ort, Lubertus Bijlsma, Sara Castiglioni, Adrian Covaci, Pim de Voogt, Erik Emke et al.)....Pages 543-566