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Hughes, Brendan and Griffiths, Paul (2014) Regulatory approaches to new psychoactive substances (NPS) in the European Union. Addiction, 109, (10), pp. 1591-1593. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12610.

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Commentary.
As in New Zealand, three European countries (Ireland, Poland, Romania) have chosen to reverse the established control model, using effect-based definitions; the supply of any unregulated psychoactive substance that meets certain criteria is banned unless specifically permitted.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, International, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
New psychoactive substance
Intervention Type
Harm reduction, Policy
Date
2014
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.12610
Page Range
pp. 1591-1593
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
109
Number
10
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