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CRITICAL REVIEWS IN TOXICOLOGY
卷 49, 期 7, 页码 549-566出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2019.1679087
关键词
Designer drugs; new psychoactive substances; stimulants; synthetic cathinones; toxicology
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资金
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [PEst-OE/QUI/UI0674/2019, SFRH/BD/116895/2016, SFRH/BD/117426/2016]
- Madeira 14-20 Program, project PROEQUIPRAM -Reforco do Investimento em Equipamentos e Infraestruturas Cientificas na RAM [M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000008]
- ARDITI-Agencia Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigacao Tecnologia e Inovacao [M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000005]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/116895/2016, SFRH/BD/117426/2016] Funding Source: FCT
Synthetic cathinones (SCat) are amphetamine-like psychostimulants that emerged onto drug markets as legal alternatives to illicit drugs such as ecstasy, cocaine, and amphetamines. Usually they are sold as bath salts, plant food, or research chemicals, and rapidly gained popularity amongst drugs users due to their potency, low cost, and availability. In addition, internet drug sales have been replacing the old way of supplying drugs of abuse, contributing to their rapid spread. Despite the legislative efforts to control SCat, new derivatives continue to emerge on the recreational drugs market and their abuse still represents a serious public health issue. To date, about 150 SCat have been identified on the clandestine drugs market, which are one of the largest groups of new psychoactive substances (NPS) monitored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Similar to the classical stimulants, SCat affect the levels of catecholamines in the central nervous system, which results in their psychological, behavioral and toxic effects. Generally, the effects of SCat greatly differ from drug to drug and relatively little information is available about their pharmacology. The present work provides a review on the development of SCat as substances of abuse, current patterns of abuse and their legal status, chemical classification, known mechanisms of action, and their toxicological effects.
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