Psychoactives, Volume 2, Issue 1

Background: Ayahuasca is a serotoninergic hallucinogen that plays a central role in the Amazonian traditional medicine. Its psychoactive effects are associated with the presence of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO-A...

In the European Union (EU), cannabidiol (CBD) products extracted from Cannabis sativa L. require pre-marketing authorisation under the novel food regulation. Currently, 19 CBD applications are being assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFS...

High-quality palliative care has been shown to provide benefits for cancer patients, including greater longevity when initiated earlier in treatment. Previous research conducted among terminal patients in the Illinois Medical Cannabis Program has sug...

The use of plant-based medicine dates back centuries, and cannabis (Cannabis sativa) is one such plant that has been used medicinally and illicitly. Although cannabis contains hundreds of cannabinoids and other natural products, its potential medicin...

This study aimed to assess the proportion of adolescents and young people (AYP) in Nigeria who changed their frequency of e-cigarette use and tobacco smoking during the COVID-19 pandemic; and factors associated with the increase, decrease or no chang...

New psychoactive substances (NPSs) have concerned authorities worldwide, and monitoring them has become increasingly complex. In addition to the frequent emergence of new chemical structures, the composition of adulterants has changed rapidly. Reliab...