New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective. The frame and the effects of New Psychoactive Substances

New Psychoactive Substances: An Analytical Chemistry Perspective, Volume 112 introduces new information on psychoactive drugs, including their identification and quantification, and paying attention to three main aspects: the target molecules, the analytical tools and the matrices in which the new psychoactive substances (NPS) can be found. Topics in this new release include Sensors for the detection of New Psychoactive Substances, New psychoactive substances: pharmacology and impact on human health, Spectroscopic techniques, from (onsite) screening and identification to structure elucidation of new psychoactive substances, Liquid chromatography- Mass spectrometry for comprehensive research of NPS, and much more. Other sections cover Determination of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in hair samples, New psychoactive substances as abuse drugs, The legal framework about NPS, Phenethylamines and amphetamine type derived drugs, Naturally based mystic drugs, Ambient pressure mass spectrometry in the forensic analysis of NPS, NPS - drugs to circumvent laws, Analysis of wastewater, and many more timely topics.An updated evaluation of NPS available in the marketA deep evaluation of the pharmacology and effect of NPS on human healthA guide for the Analytical Chemistry determination of NPS in different kind of samples