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Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger

Author : Terrorism Subcommittee on Crime, Homeland Security and Investigations of the Committee on the Judi
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548248116
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (481 download)

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Book Synopsis Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger by : Terrorism Subcommittee on Crime, Homeland Security and Investigations of the Committee on the Judi

Download or read book Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger written by Terrorism Subcommittee on Crime, Homeland Security and Investigations of the Committee on the Judi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The abuse of synthetic drugs, or designer drugs, has been recognized as far back as the 1980's. Producers of these drugs work continuously to create legal alternatives to controlled substances like marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and opioids that produce similar kinds of highs. Parents have to worry not only about a child's exposure to illegal drugs, but about synthetic drugs, many of which are produced and marketed directly at children and young adults. Synthetic cannabinoids, with names like Spice, K2, or Scooby Snax, come in brightly-colored packaging, often containing cartoon characters or other decorations to make them attractive to teenagers. Additionally, they are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. Thus young people believe them to be safe, legal alternatives. However, they are addictive and deadly. That is because these drugs while designed to mimic the effects of certain illegal drugs, often contain a panoply of additional chemicals which can cause increased heart rate, psychosis, and death. The professor who is widely credited with first synthesizing cannabinoids for research purposes, Dr. John Huffman of Clemson University, has said, "These things are dangerous. Anybody who uses them is playing Russian roulette. They have profound psychological effects. We never intended them for human consumption." Indeed, they are often labeled as not for human consumption. But everyone, the manufacturer, seller, and the user, knows they are intended to be consumed.

Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981255580
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Synthetic Drugs, Real Danger written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthetic drugs, real danger : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, second session, May 17, 2016.

The Dangers of Synthetic Drugs

Author : Carla Mooney
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
ISBN 13 : 9781682820261
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Dangers of Synthetic Drugs written by Carla Mooney and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2016-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often marketed as harmless incense, bath salts, or plant food, synthetic drugs are actually dangerous and unpredictable drugs. The Dangers of Synthetic Drugs discusses the scope of the problem; effects of use and abuse; addiction; treatment and recovery; and prevention.

Dangerous Synthetic Drugs

Author : Drug Enforcement Drug Enforcement Administration
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508605799
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Synthetic Drugs written by Drug Enforcement Drug Enforcement Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Throughout the drug discovery process, pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, research institutions, and other organizations publish their studies in scientific journals, books and patents. This information exchange, which is essential to the legitimate scientific enterprise, can be, and is, used by clandestine chemists who duplicate the technical sophistication used by the research community to manufacture and market a seemingly endless variety of analogs of so-called designer drugs.”The term “designer drug” is a colloquial term that references substances with properties and effects similar to those of stimulant, depressant, hallucinogenic or narcotic drugs but that are chemically modified to evade control as an illicit drug. Although news reports tend to portray the appearance of these substances as a new trend, designer drugs have been in the illicit marketplace for decades. The distinction of today's designer drugs is the substantial volume and endless variety of designer drugs easily available to the public and the organized, extensive distribution networks utilized by designer drug traffickers.Since the 1970s, domestic clandestine chemists have attempted to manipulate the molecular structures of controlled substances to create synthetic drugs that would have the same pharmacologic properties of a controlled drug, but not expose the chemist or distributor to criminal violations under the Federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) or similar state statutes. Since these drugs are created in a clandestine laboratory, no manufacturing standards or safety and efficacy studies, such as those required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with

The Least of Us

Author : Sam Quinones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1635578582
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book The Least of Us written by Sam Quinones and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bath Salts and Other Synthetic Drugs

Author : Peggy J. Parks
Publisher : Referencepoint Press
ISBN 13 : 9781601525161
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Bath Salts and Other Synthetic Drugs written by Peggy J. Parks and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although they are labeled "not for human consumption," bath salts and other synthetic drugs are the latest craze for getting high--and they have already proved to be dangerous and unpredictable. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines How Serious a Problem Is Synthetic Drug Abuse? What Are the Dangers of Synthetic Drugs? How Should Synthetic Drugs Be Regulated? and How Can Synthetic Drug Abuse Be Prevented?

Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of New Synthetic Drugs

Author : European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of New Synthetic Drugs written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: Foreword - Introduction - 1.Basic principles for risk assessment - 2.A conceptual framework for risk assessment - 3.Quality of information for risk assessment - 4.Headings for risk assessment - 5.Pharmacotoxicological evidence - 6.Psychological riskassessement (cognotion, mood and mental functioning) - 7.Sociological/crimonological evidence - 8.Public health risks: edidemiological evidence.

Fentanyl, Inc.

Author : Ben Westhoff
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 080214795X
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Fentanyl, Inc. written by Ben Westhoff and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A four-year investigation into the world of synthetic drugs—from black market factories to users & dealers to harm reduction activists—and what it revealed. A deeply human story, Fentanyl, Inc. is the first deep-dive investigation of a hazardous and illicit industry that has created a worldwide epidemic, ravaging communities and overwhelming and confounding government agencies that are challenged to combat it. “A whole new crop of chemicals is radically changing the recreational drug landscape,” writes Ben Westhoff. “These are known as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and they include replacements for known drugs like heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and marijuana. They are synthetic, made in a laboratory, and are much more potent than traditional drugs” —and all-too-often tragically lethal. Drugs like fentanyl, K2, and Spice—and those with arcane acronyms like 25i-NBOMe—were all originally conceived in legitimate laboratories for proper scientific and medicinal purposes. Their formulas were then hijacked and manufactured by rogue chemists, largely in China, who change their molecular structures to stay ahead of the law, making the drugs’ effects impossible to predict. Westhoff has infiltrated this shadowy world. He tracks down the little-known scientists who invented these drugs and inadvertently killed thousands, as well as a mysterious drug baron who turned the law upside down in his home country of New Zealand. Westhoff visits the shady factories in China from which these drugs emanate, providing startling and original reporting on how China’s vast chemical industry operates, and how the Chinese government subsidizes it. Poignantly, he chronicles the lives of addicted users and dealers, families of victims, law enforcement officers, and underground drug awareness organizers in the United States and Europe. Together they represent the shocking and riveting full anatomy of a calamity we are just beginning to understand. From its depths, as Westhoff relates, are emerging new strategies that may provide essential long-term solutions to the drug crisis that has affected so many. “Timely and agonizing. . . . An impressive work of investigative journalism.” —USA Today “Westhoff explores the many-tentacled world of illicit opioids, from the streets of East St. Louis to Chinese pharmaceutical companies, from music festivals deep in the Michigan woods to sanctioned ‘shooting up rooms’ in Barcelona, in this frank, insightful, and occasionally searing exposé. . . . Westhoff’s well-reported and researched work will likely open eyes, slow knee-jerk responses, and start much needed conversations.” —Publishers Weekly “Our 25 Favorite Books of 2019” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Best Books of 2019” —Buzzfeed “Best Nonfiction of 2019” —Kirkus Reviews “50 Best Books of 2019” —Daily Telegraph “Best Nonfiction Books of 2019” —Tyler Cowen “Best Books of 2019” —Yahoo Finance

Report on the Risk Assessment of 4-MTA in the Framework of the Joint Action on New Synthetic Drugs

Author : European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Report on the Risk Assessment of 4-MTA in the Framework of the Joint Action on New Synthetic Drugs by : European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Download or read book Report on the Risk Assessment of 4-MTA in the Framework of the Joint Action on New Synthetic Drugs written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recoge: 1. Foreword -- 2. Abbreviations -- 3. Introductions -- 4. Report on the risk assessment of 4-MTA in the framework of the joint action on new synthetic drugs -- 5. Council decision of 13 September 19999 defining 4-MTA as a new synthetic drug which is to be made subject to control measures and criminal penalties -- 6. Europol-EMCDDA progress report on 7-MTA in accordance wiht Article 3 of the joint action of 16 June 1997 concerning the information exchange, risk assessment and the control of new synthetic drugs -- 7. Review of the pharmacotoxicological data on 4-MTA -- 8. Sociological and criminological evidence on the risk of 4-MTA -- 9. References -- 10. Participants in the risk-assessment process.

Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309459575
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.

The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids

Author : Bryce Pardo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781977403384
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (33 download)

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Book Synopsis The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids by : Bryce Pardo

Download or read book The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids written by Bryce Pardo and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deaths involving synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, increased from roughly 3,000 in 2013 to more than 30,000 in 2018. This book provides readers with insights intended to improve their understanding of the synthetic opioid problem.

Synthetic Panics

Author : Philip Jenkins
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814742440
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Synthetic Panics written by Philip Jenkins and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America has a long history of drug panics in which countless social problems have been blamed on the devastating effects of some harmful substance. In the last forty years, such panics have often focused on synthetic or designer drugs, like methamphetamine, PCP, Ecstasy, methcathinone, and rave drugs like ketamine, and GHB. Fear of these substances has provided critical justification for the continuing "war on drugs." Synthetic Panics traces the history of these anti-drug movements, demonstrating that designer chemicals inspire so much fear not because they are uniquely dangerous, but because they bring into focus deeply rooted public concerns about social and cultural upheaval. Jenkins highlights the role of the mass media in spreading anti-drug hysteria and shows how proponents of the war on drugs use synthetic panics to scapegoat society's "others" and exacerbate racial, class, and intergenerational conflict.

Novel Psychoactive Substances

Author : Ornella Corazza
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331960600X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Novel Psychoactive Substances written by Ornella Corazza and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it. It presents the first comprehensive overview of the international regulation, policy and market structure of the NPS phenomenon, offering a guide to inform legislative discussions and demonstrating from a comparative perspective the different approaches used to address the rise of NPS to date. It covers topics such as organized crime, drug markets, clinical evidence on NPS, and different regulatory approaches also in less explored settings such as prisons and sport environments. Overall, this highly informative and well-structured repository of different experiences with NPS policy, law and regulation offers an essential primary source of evidence for anyone interested in the area of drug and NPS policy, health economics and p ublic health.

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309486483
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Save Lives written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-06-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opioid crisis in the United States has come about because of excessive use of these drugs for both legal and illicit purposes and unprecedented levels of consequent opioid use disorder (OUD). More than 2 million people in the United States are estimated to have OUD, which is caused by prolonged use of prescription opioids, heroin, or other illicit opioids. OUD is a life-threatening condition associated with a 20-fold greater risk of early death due to overdose, infectious diseases, trauma, and suicide. Mortality related to OUD continues to escalate as this public health crisis gathers momentum across the country, with opioid overdoses killing more than 47,000 people in 2017 in the United States. Efforts to date have made no real headway in stemming this crisis, in large part because tools that already existâ€"like evidence-based medicationsâ€"are not being deployed to maximum impact. To support the dissemination of accurate patient-focused information about treatments for addiction, and to help provide scientific solutions to the current opioid crisis, this report studies the evidence base on medication assisted treatment (MAT) for OUD. It examines available evidence on the range of parameters and circumstances in which MAT can be effectively delivered and identifies additional research needed.

The Extinction Market

Author : Vanda Felbab Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190911700
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Extinction Market written by Vanda Felbab Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The planet is currently experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching and wildlife trafficking driven by expanding demand, for medicines, for food, and for trophies. Affecting many more species than just the iconic elephants, rhinos, and tigers, the rate of extinction is now as much as 1000 times the historical average and the worst since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. In addition to causing irretrievable biodiversity loss, wildlife trafficking also poses serious threats to public health, potentially triggering a global pandemic. The Extinction Market explores the causes, means, and consequences of poaching and wildlife trafficking, with a view to finding ways of suppressing them. Vanda Felbab-Brown travelled to the markets of Latin America, South and South East Asia, and eastern and southern Africa, to evaluate the effectiveness of various tools, including bans on legal trade, law enforcement, and interdiction; allowing legal supply from hunting or farming; alternative livelihoods; anti- money-laundering efforts; and demand reduction strategies. This is an urgent book offering meaningful solutions to one of the world's most pressing crises.

Critical Issues in Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse Testing

Author : Amitava Dasgupta
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128156082
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Critical Issues in Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse Testing written by Amitava Dasgupta and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Issues in Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse Testing, Second Edition, addresses the general principles and technological advances for measuring drugs and alcohol, along with the pitfalls of drugs of abuse testing. Many designer drugs, for example, are not routinely tested in drugs of abuse panels and may go undetected in a drug test. This updated edition is a must-have for clinical pathologists, toxicologists, clinicians, and medical review officers and regulators, bridging the gap between technical and clinical information. Topics of note include the monitoring of pain management drugs, bath salts, spices (synthetic marijuana), designer drugs and date rape drugs, and more. Serves as a ready resource of information for alcohol and drug testing Ideal resource for making decisions related to the monitoring and interpretation of results Includes concise content for clinical laboratory scientists, toxicologists and clinicians

Facing Addiction in America

Author : Office of the Surgeon General
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974580620
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Facing Addiction in America written by Office of the Surgeon General and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All across the United States, individuals, families, communities, and health care systems are struggling to cope with substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders. Substance misuse and substance use disorders have devastating effects, disrupt the future plans of too many young people, and all too often, end lives prematurely and tragically. Substance misuse is a major public health challenge and a priority for our nation to address. The effects of substance use are cumulative and costly for our society, placing burdens on workplaces, the health care system, families, states, and communities. The Report discusses opportunities to bring substance use disorder treatment and mainstream health care systems into alignment so that they can address a person's overall health, rather than a substance misuse or a physical health condition alone or in isolation. It also provides suggestions and recommendations for action that everyone-individuals, families, community leaders, law enforcement, health care professionals, policymakers, and researchers-can take to prevent substance misuse and reduce its consequences.