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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2025) Data from the UNODC early warning advisory on new psychoactive substances. [UNODC]

External website: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/scientists/ewa/data...


NPS have become a global phenomenon with 136 countries and territories from all regions of the world having reported one or more NPS. This map shows the number of NPS that countries/territories have reported to the UNODC EWA. 1,127 substances have been reported worldwide so far.

Item Type
Dataset
Publication Type
Irish-related, International
Drug Type
New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Screening / Assessment
Date
2025
Publisher
UNODC
Corporate Creators
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
EndNote
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Subjects
A Substance use and dependence > Prevalence
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > NPS cannabinoids
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic cathinones
B Substances > New (novel) psychoactive substances > Synthetic opioids
G Health and disease > State of health
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Risk and needs assessment > Risk assessment > Early warning monitoring system
MM-MO Crime and law > Substance use laws > Drug laws
VA Geographic area > International
VA Geographic area > Europe > Ireland

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