Alpha-PVP (Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone)

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Cathinone

The natural beta-ketoamphetamine alkaloid from Catha edulis (khat) plant; the parent scaffold for the synthetic cathinone NPS class. The ketone group at...

EMCDDA Early Warning System

The EU mechanism under Council Decision 2005/387/JHA by which national focal points (forensic labs, clinical sites) report new NPS to the EMCDDA...

Federal Analogue Act (FAA)

21 USC 813; a provision of the US Controlled Substances Act declaring substances 'substantially similar' in structure or pharmacology to Schedule I...

Isotonitazene (ISO)

A benzimidazole-class novel synthetic opioid (nitazene family) estimated at ~500x the potency of morphine at the mu-opioid receptor. First identified in European...

MDPV (Methylenedioxypyrovalerone)

An alpha-pyrrolidinyl cathinone acting primarily as a dopamine/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor. Central to the US 'bath salts' crisis 2011-2012; substantially more potent and...

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

4-Methylmethcathinone; the dominant first-wave synthetic cathinone, active as a mixed monoamine releaser/reuptake inhibitor. Class B UK since April 2010; Schedule I US...

Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS)

A substance designed to mimic the effects of a controlled drug while falling outside the definition of any currently scheduled substance; identified...

Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 (UK)

UK catch-all legislation prohibiting supply, distribution, import, and export of any substance with psychoactive effects on the CNS, with exemptions for alcohol,...

Schedule Lag

The delay between first identification of an NPS in forensic seizures and its formal addition to a controlled substances schedule. In India,...

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• Novel Psychoactive Substances and the Cathinone WaveThe MDPV successor ('flakka') dominant in Florida 2014-2016; associated with excited delirium presentations and multiple fatalities. Identified in over 60 deat...