Synthetic drugs in Europe: a standardized and widespread phenomenon

These last years, synthetic drug use has been presented as a new phenomenon, whose consequences are impossible to foresee. 

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Hardly definable when only apprehended as a subject of current concern, it needs to be replaced in an historical and geographical prospect in order to achieve a well-documented study. 

A global analysis on the European Union level notably provides a better identification of cultural trends consumption areas have developed from, but also a better interpretation of the different data available, which stand as the basis for a current description of the phenomenon.

Publication type
Tendances
No.
3
Publication date
Language
Français
Anglais
Author(s)
DELPRAT
Thierry
Edited by
OFDT
Number of pages
4
Products & addictions
LSD and mushrooms
MDMA/ecstasy and amphetamine
New Psychoactive Substances
Themes
Public policy and healthcare provision
Specific population(s)
Adolescents
Adults
Territories
International
Dispositif d'enquête et d'observation
Epidemiological surveys

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