Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Editorial Introduction: The Proliferation of NPS as a `Game Changer´ for Public Health Policy -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- The Global Emergence of NPS: An Analysis of a New Drug Trend -- 1 Introduction: NPS Continue to Emerge on the Market at a Fast Pace -- 2 Main Features and Trends of the NPS Problem: Global Perspective -- 2.1 NPS: Stability and Change -- 2.2 NPS Sold as Traditional Drugs -- 2.3 NPS Products with Diverse Compositions -- 3 Global NPS Use Trends -- 3.1 Injecting Use of NPS -- 4 Measures Taken to Address NPS and Remaining Challenges -- 4.1 Detection and Identification of NPS -- 4.2 Monitoring and Early Warning Systems -- 4.3 Legislative Responses -- The International Drug Control System -- National Legislative Responses -- 4.4 Risk Communication and Demand Reduction -- 4.5 Data Challenges -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Legislating NPS in the European Union -- 1 Introduction -- 2 European Early Warning System -- 3 Current Legal Situation -- 4 Council Decision 2005/387/JHA -- 5 Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Regulation as Global Drug Governance: How New Is the NPS Phenomenon? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Global Governance of Drugs 1909-2017 -- 3 The Logic and History of Scheduling -- 4 The Global Scheduling System -- 4.1 Scheduling Under the Single Convention -- Schedule I -- Schedule II -- Schedule III -- Schedule IV -- Current Mechanisms for Scheduling -- 5 A Different Regime: The 1971 Vienna Convention -- 5.1 Changes in the Scope of Control of Substances -- 5.2 The Criteria for Control: Art. 2, Para. 4 -- 5.3 The Schedules Under the Vienna Convention -- 5.4 The Role of International Control -- 6 The 1988 Convention -- 7 Examining the Global Regulatory System as a Response to NPS -- 8 Conclusions -- References