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- The discovery of new psychoactive substances is rare, but their rapid emergence poses challenges to public health regulations and existing control systems.
- The review highlights both legal and illegal chemical substances, as well as current and proposed global monitoring and regulatory measures for their control.
- Striking a balance in legislation is crucial to avoid banning potentially therapeutic substances while also restricting access to high-risk ones.
Article Abstract
The discovery of a "new" psychoactive substance is a relatively exceptional event, while the regulatory response usually involved the assessment of risks to public health and inclusion of the novel substance in the national list of controlled substances. However, in recent years we have witnessed the rapid emergence of new chemical substances, which elude international control and pose a challenge to existing processes and a threat to the credibility of control systems. We currently review and present characteristics of these legal and illegal new substances and issues regarding their global monitoring and regulatory measures already taken, or in the process of being taken, for their control. The concept of prohibition applied in active substance-related legislation is rather hazard ridden as balance is required between the ban on substances of potential therapeutic use and the access on the market of high-risk substances. Current and future laws regarding psychoactive compounds.
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