The challenging issue of polydrug consumption: new trends of a deep-seated public health threat

The challenging issue of polydrug consumption: new trends of a deep-seated public health threat

Authors

  • Annagiulia Di Trana a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:170:"Unit of Forensic Toxicology, Section of Legal Medicine, Department of Excellence of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy";}

Keywords:

Polydrug use, Substance abuse, Screening and detection

References

Di Trana A, Carlier J, Berretta P, Zaami S, Ricci G. Consequences of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Misuse and Marketing of Addictive Substances and New Psychoactive Substances. Front Psychiatry 2020; 11: 584462.

UNODC. World drug report 2022 Global overview: drug demand drug supply [Internet]. 2022 [cited 2022 Apr 13]. Available from: www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr2021.html

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2022), European Drug Report 2022: Trends and Developments, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/14644/TDAT22001ENN.pdf

Rock KL, Englund A, Morley S, Rice K, Copeland CS. Can cannabis kill? Characteristics of deaths following cannabis use in England (1998-2020). J Psychopharmacol 2022 Aug 10:2698811221115760.

Zaami S, Busardò FP, Pichini S, Pacifici R, Marinelli E. The value of toxicological and forensic analyses in the global challenge to health risks caused by new psychoactive substances. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2019; 23: 6008-6010.

Mannocchi G, Di Trana A, Tini A, et al. Development and validation of fast UHPLC-MS/MS screening method for 87 NPS and 32 other drugs of abuse in hair and nails: application to real cases. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020; 412: 5125-5145.

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26-10-2022

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Di Trana A. The challenging issue of polydrug consumption: new trends of a deep-seated public health threat. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 26 [cited 2024 Oct. 9];93(5):e2022311. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/13708