VIENNA, Austria – 4 March 2025: Etomidate is a short-acting intravenous general anaesthetic.[i] Over the past few years, multiple countries
Read moreVIENNA, Austria – 4 February 2025: The UNODC Early Warning Advisory on New Psychoactive Substances has evidence of the emergence
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Vienna, Austria – January 2025: Since its establishment in 2013, the UNODC Early Warning Advisory (EWA) on new psychoactive substances (NPS) regularly provides scientific information to Member States and
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VIENNA, Austria – December 2024: The decision adopted by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) during its 67th Session, from 18 to 22 March 2024, to add 3-chloromethcathinone (3-CMC), Dipentylone and 2-fluorodeschloroketamine to
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Vienna, Austria – November 2024: A series of new cannabinoids with structural similarities to cannabinoids that occur naturally in the
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VIENNA, Austria – October 2024: In 2023, a total of 44 unique new psychoactive substances (NPS) have been reported for the first
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VIENNA, Austria – October 2024: A total of 1,250 unique new psychoactive substances (NPS) have been reported to the UNODC Early
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GENEVA, Switzerland – September 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) evaluates the dependence-producing properties and potential harm to health of psychoactive
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The UNODC SMART Forensics programme organized its annual regional workshop for East and Southeast Asia on 10-12 September 2024 in
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VIENNA, Austria – August 2024: Following the detection of large-scale clandestine ketamine laboratories in recent years, several countries and territories
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