Identification of new psychoactive substances and their metabolites through the analysis of pooled urine and wastewater. University of Antwerp
An increasing number of "New Psychoactive Substances" (NPS), claiming to contain only "legal" compounds, has recently appeared on the drug market. One of the major concerns depends on the lack of suitable analytical methods to identify and also to quantify the NPS entering the market. Even using sophisticated analytical techniques, these new drugs may be missed, since reference standards are not always available. In addition, NPS are often ...