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Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems: 2024, 26, 40

Amphetamine and amphetamine-like compounds, new psychoactive substances (NPS), and synthetic cathinones. State of the problem in Russia and Belarus

Tatyana V. Klimenko, Svetlana M. Shakhova, Alexander A. Kozlov, and Sergey A. Igumnov

Digital Object Identifier:
https://doi.org/10.62401/2531-4122-2024-40

Summary: New psychoactive substances are an extremely important issue in modern addictology. Dependence on this group of substances develops faster than on drugs of plant origin, the mechanism of action of synthetic derivatives is unpredictable in clinical manifestations. The purpose of this article is to discuss the state of the problem.

Keywords: addiction syndrome; new psychoactive substances (NPS); «designer drugs»; synthetic cathinones, Russia, Belarus