Abstract
The new psychoactive substances (NPS) market is in a constant state of flux, with new substances being synthesized regularly and marketed in many ways and forms. These substances often emerge quickly, just as they disappear, evidencing a clear attempt to circumvent the control trafficking enforcement agencies and the international community. Among the wide variety of NPS, the NBOMe series attracted attention from medical and legal authorities due to the high number of cases of intoxication, followed or not by death in several countries around the world, including Brazil. So, this brief communication aimed to evaluate the number of NBOMe Brazilian Federal Police (BFP) over the past eight years, and highlight the NPS constant state of flux, evidencing by the Brazilian NBOMe case. This is a retrospective study based on information from forensic analysis reports from seizures of BFP. The NBOMe seizures generated 4 forensic analysis requests in 2012, 21 in 2013, 45 in 2014, 61 in 2015, 80 in 2016, 22 in 2017, 19 in 2018 and 2 in 2019, totaling 254 forensic analysis reports analyzed. This NPS emerged quickly in Brazil from the year 2012, and tented to disappear in recent years, from the perspective of the BPF forensic analysis reports, evidencing the NPS constant state of flux, represented here by the Brazilian NBOMe case.
Highlights
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are substances with stimulant properties that are not controlled by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 but may a public health threat similar to substances that are under international control
The first time that this NPS was identified by Brazilian Federal Police (BFP) was in 2012, when the NBOMe seizures generated 4 forensic analysis expert requests (1.6%)
Data presented in this study demonstrated the NPS constant state of flux is the result of a cycle that reflects the actions of those involved in the production and repression of this type of drug
Summary
New psychoactive substances (NPS) are substances with stimulant properties that are not controlled by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 but may a public health threat similar to substances that are under international control. NPS include substances that are projected to mimic substances with stimulant properties that are under international control, like amphetamine, methamphetamine, cathinone and methcathinone[1]. The NPS market is in a constant state of flux, with new substances being synthesized regularly and marketed in many ways and forms, like blotter papers, seals, tablets, crystals, bath salts, among others. These substances often emerge quickly, just as they disappear, evidencing a clear attempt to circumvent the control trafficking enforcement agencies and the international community[1]. The amount of NPS rose from 166 substances over the amount 2005–2009 to 950 substances by the top of 20191
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