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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Europol. (2010) EMCDDA–Europol 2009 annual report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA. Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

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During 2009, 24 new psychoactive substances were officially notified for the first time in the European Union through the information exchange, the Early-Warning System (EWS) which was set up by the Decision. The number of new compounds reported in 2009 was higher than ever; all were synthetic, including two substances with medicinal properties. The emergence of new, smokable herbal products laced with synthetic cannabinoids and the growing popularity of various synthetic cathinones can be seen as significant new developments in the field of so-called ‘designer drugs’, better known now as ‘legal highs’. The appearance of a large number of new unregulated synthetic compounds marketed on the Internet as ‘legal highs’ or ‘not for human consumption’ and specifically designed to circumvent drug controls presents a growing challenge to current approaches to monitoring, responding to and controlling the use of new psychoactive substances. The report, therefore, details this important development. Under the socalled ‘Spice’ phenomenon a total of nine synthetic cannabinoids were reported via the EWS. This phenomenon received considerable attention from legislators, policymakers, experts and the media....

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Harm reduction, Crime prevention
Date
23 April 2010
Pages
16 p.
Publisher
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Corporate Creators
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Europol
Place of Publication
Lisbon
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)

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