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- Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
- Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Stimulant Drugs
- Chapter 6 Stimulant Drugs: Introduction
- Chapter 7 Stimulant Drugs: Cocaine
- Chapter 8 Stimulant Drugs: Amphetamine-Type Stimulants
- Chapter 9 Stimulant Drugs: Methamphetamine
- Chapter 10 Stimulant Drugs: MDMA and Drugs with Similar Effects
- Chapter 11 Stimulant Drugs: Synthetic Cathinones
- Part III Depressant Drugs
- Part IV Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists
- Part V Hallucinogens
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - Stimulant Drugs: Amphetamine-Type Stimulants
from Part II - Stimulant Drugs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 September 2020
- Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
- Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Stimulant Drugs
- Chapter 6 Stimulant Drugs: Introduction
- Chapter 7 Stimulant Drugs: Cocaine
- Chapter 8 Stimulant Drugs: Amphetamine-Type Stimulants
- Chapter 9 Stimulant Drugs: Methamphetamine
- Chapter 10 Stimulant Drugs: MDMA and Drugs with Similar Effects
- Chapter 11 Stimulant Drugs: Synthetic Cathinones
- Part III Depressant Drugs
- Part IV Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists
- Part V Hallucinogens
- References
- Index
Summary
A diverse range of other substances also fall into this group, and ATS include both well-established and new psychoactive substances with primarily stimulant effects. Indeed, a significant proportion of NPS reported to the UNODC are ATS. According to the World Drug Report (2019) the number of stimulant NPS identified between 2009 and 2017 increased more than fourfold, from 48 substances in 2009 to a peak of 206 in 2015. In most years, stimulant NPS have been the largest group of NPS identified, followed by synthetic cannabinoids. More than a third of all NPS identified since 2009 are stimulants. A total of 26 out of the 79 new substances that were identified and reported for the first time in 2017 were stimulants.
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- Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive SubstancesThe Clinician's Handbook, pp. 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020