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O'Mahony Carey, Sinead (2010) Psychoactive substances: a guide to ethnobotanical plants and herbs, synthetic chemicals, compounds and products. Health Service Executive South.

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The ‘Guide to Ethnobotanical Plants and Herbs, Synthetic Chemicals, Compounds and Products’ available to the Irish Market has been collated and designed by the Drug Education Officer and team in the Substance Misuse Service HSE, South Tipperary. This edition is a follow on to ‘A Guide to Substance Misuse for Medical Professionals’ launched in November 2009.

This Guide has been produced in response to requests from workers, users, medical professionals and academics for information on the emerging issue of legal herbal highs, plants and chemical alternatives available to buy in shops and online.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Guideline, Report
Drug Type
New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Screening / Assessment
Date
23 August 2010
Publisher
Health Service Executive South
Edition
Edition 1.1
Notes
Note: According to the EMCDDA, Amanita muscaria (fly agaric), produces a state of delirium that includes hallucinations, but its primary active agents are muscimol and ibotenic acid, and not psilocybin or psilocin, as stated in this report.
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