{"title":"New Psychoactive Substances (NPS): Are We in Times of A Crisis or Between Crises?","authors":"Ahmed. Y. Ali","doi":"10.4172/1522-4821.1000E340","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mankind has been experimenting with substances since time immemorial. Betel nuts from Timor, ancient Inca coca leaves, the Pharaohs “brewed alcohol” are only few ancient examples. More recently experimentation led the same species to concentrate on the qualities of some “blockbusters” like Tobacco, Cannabis, opium and cocaine. This success led to mass production and profiteering with shipping lines established between continents, wars waged between nations and criminal gangs terrorizing neighborhoods to secure delivery of these substances to afflicted members of the species with dire consequences.","PeriodicalId":358022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4172/1522-4821.1000E340","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mankind has been experimenting with substances since time immemorial. Betel nuts from Timor, ancient Inca coca leaves, the Pharaohs “brewed alcohol” are only few ancient examples. More recently experimentation led the same species to concentrate on the qualities of some “blockbusters” like Tobacco, Cannabis, opium and cocaine. This success led to mass production and profiteering with shipping lines established between continents, wars waged between nations and criminal gangs terrorizing neighborhoods to secure delivery of these substances to afflicted members of the species with dire consequences.
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