Ric Treble is a retired forensic chemist, who has studied the development of novel drugs for over thirty years. He provides support to the UK’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and was awarded ...

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are chemically engineered substances designed to mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as opioids, stimulants, and cannabinoids. These compounds ...

Growing evidence has shown that psychoactive and psychedelic compounds can potentially help treat substance abuse and psychiatric disorders like major depression, PTSD, and alcohol or opioid abuse.

The consumption of powerful psychoactive drugs is a feature of other species beyond humans. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel most famously raised public and scientific awareness of the unmistakable ...

A significant proportion of teens and young adults in the United States prescribed a psychoactive drug reported misusing that drug, according to study results published in Family Medicine and ...

Ric Treble and Caroline CopelandThe illicit drug trade is international, and different countries have developed different strategies intended to ...

Many common pharmacological treatments have effects on cognitive ability. Psychometric task batteries used to characterize such effects do not provide direct information about treatment-related ...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that pharmacists have the unique knowledge, skills, and responsibilities for assuming an important role in substance abuse prevention, ...

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