新しい精神活性物質:薬物監視,規制,公衆衛生への対応における課題

Amy Peacock¹, Raimondo Bruno¹, Natasa Gisev²

¹National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia.

Lancet (London, England)

|November 1, 2019

まとめ

新しい精神活性物質 (NPS) の出現は,従来の薬物規制方法に挑戦しています. これらの変化する物質とそれに関連する害に対処するために,監視と公衆衛生戦略の適応が不可欠です.

科学分野:

公衆衛生
法医学
薬理学について

背景:

新しい精神活性物質 (NPS) は2000年代半ばに違法薬物への合法的な代替品として急速に登場しました.
薬物の多様性と急速な導入は,既存の薬物監視と規制の枠組みに挑戦しています.
伝統的公衆衛生対策は変化するNPSの状況によって圧迫されています

研究の目的:

NPSの発生と特徴を記述する.
NPSの発見,特定,対応における課題と機会を探求する.
NPSを将来の薬物監視と管理戦略のケーススタディとして使用する.

主な方法:

NPSの起源,原動力,利用可能性,使用,害に関する文献レビュー.
NPSを取り巻く定義の複雑性の分析
現在の薬物規制と公衆衛生への対応の限界を調査する.

主要な成果:

NPSは重要な定義と分類の課題を提示しています.
重要な要因は,新物質の市場利用可能性とユーザーの需要です.
証拠によると広く利用可能で様々な使用パターンがあり関連する健康被害があります

結論:

現在の薬物規制と公衆衛生の戦略は,新興物質には不十分かもしれない.
検出,識別,迅速な対応のメカニズムを強化する必要があります.
NPSによって引き起こされるリスクを管理するには,積極的で適応的なアプローチが不可欠です.

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