The Emperor's New Clothes? Findings from the NPSinEurope.eu Rapid Assessment and Response Study of Consumption of New Psychoactive Substances among People Who Use Drugs Heavily in Five EU Member States

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Emperor's New Clothes? Findings from the NPSinEurope.eu Rapid Assessment and Response Study of Consumption of New Psychoactive Substances among People Who Use Drugs Heavily in Five EU Member States

Original language description

BACKGROUND: The EC-DPIP NPSinEurope.eu project contributes to innovative and effective health promotion interventions targeting emerging use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) among people who use drugs heavily (PUDH). In five countries, we conducted a rapid assessment and response (RAR) study of NPS use, aimed at informing these emerging interventions. AIMS: To identify and document the emergent use of NPS among PUDH in five EU member states and map the developing response in these countries. METHODS: Desk review of the national NPS situation, an Internet Snapshot of NPS availability in offline and online drug markets, and focus groups with key stakeholders. RESULTS: Smart shops boosted the popularity of NPS, but after legislative action most were closed or severely restricted their assortment. A variety of NPS are available via websites and traditional drug dealing structures. The injecting of mephedrone, MDPV or other synthetic stimulants among PUDH are reported in the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, to varying degrees. In Portugal and Greece, NPS are of less prevalent among PUDH. Greek PUDH have turned to smoking methamphetamine. CONCLUSIONS: Synthetic stimulants are increasingly diffusing into PUDH populations. Emerging drug trends are increasingly unpredictable, subject to (offline/online) availability, legal status/action, local preferences, access to traditional substances and a range of environmental variables.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FN - Epidemiology, infection diseases and clinical immunology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Adiktologie

ISSN

1213-3841

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

78-90

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85017224703