One Is Not Enough: Understanding and Modeling Polysubstance Use.  Crummy EA, O'Neal TJ, Baskin BM, Ferguson SM.  Front Neurosci. 2020;14:569. Published 2020 Jun 16. doi:10.3389/fnins.2020.00569 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/…

Association of Ketamine With Psychiatric Symptoms and Implications for Its Therapeutic Use and for Understanding Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Beck K, Hindley G, Borgan F, et al.  JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(5):e204693. doi…

Why Isotonitezene Is Not Yet the “New Fentanyl”  In the span of about a year, isotonitazene, a novel psychoactive substance (NPS), went from being practically unheard of to being implicated in a fatal overdose spike in the Midwest. While some…

An Insight into Z-Drug Abuse and Dependence: An Examination of Reports to the European Medicines Agency Database of Suspected Adverse Drug Reactions. Schifano F, Chiappini S, Corkery JM, Guirguis A. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2019 Apr 1;22(4):270…

The problem of alpha-PVP in Russia and other post-Soviet states On Russian YouTube, there are videos of alpha-PVP users, acting in bizarre and uncontrollable ways. It’s just one small sign of a vast, hidden epidemic. Read this report from Sam Iravan…

Hirnforschung: Ritalin macht nicht klüger, motiviert aber zum Lernen Providence, Rhode Island − Die Einnahme von Methylphenidat, besser bekannt unter dem Markennamen Ritalin, verbessert nicht die kognitiven Fähigkeiten, sie könnte allerdings die Mo…