Life (and death) in Pink: The dangerous rise of synthetic opioids in the new psychoactive substances panorama.

Novel psychoactive substances represent a recent and unprecedented challenge in the global health panorama. Recently, among these, synthetic opioids are growing in number and prevalence of use, leaving behind them severe intoxications and victims, and fuelling the illicit drug market, particularly on the Dark Net. Further attention should be drawn to this alarming phenomenon, from both clinicians and policymakers.

The new drugs and the sea: The phenomenon of narco-terrorism.

Use of psychoactive substances and drug trafficking for funding purposes is a well-known practice acted by terrorist groups. Europe appears to be more and more involved in this mechanism, as both an active and passive element, and increased attention should be payed to this phenomenon by potentially interested actors.

Hemispheric asymmetry and psychopathological dimensions in drug-free patients with schizophrenia.

Several neuropsychological models of schizophrenia have regarded the syndrome as a disorder of the left hemisphere. However, discrepant experimental findings have been reported. It has been proposed that the different psychopathological dimensions of the syndrome are associated with distinct patterns of hemispheric imbalance.