| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Neue Psychoaktive Substanzen
UNODC. Current NPS Threats - Volume VII - July 2024
UNODC. Current NPS Threats - Volume VII - July 2024
Over 1,200 individual NPS have been reported to the UNODC Early Warning Advisory on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) by 142 countries and territories worldwide.
Continuous prevalence of benzodiazepine-type NPS in toxicology casework, particularly bromazolam, across driving under the influence of drugs (DUID), clinical admissions, and post-mortem cases.
Polysubstance use is a significant concern with numerous cases involving the combination of multiple NPS but also of NPS with synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and other controlled substances.
https://www.unodc.org/documents/scientific/Current_NPS_threats_VII.pdf