Taking the cat-and-mouse game to the next level: different perspectives on the introduction of the German New Psychoactive Substances Act

• Main Authors: Regina Kühnl (Author), Darya Aydin (Author), Sabine Horn (Author), Sally Olderbak (Author), Uwe Verthein (Author), Ludwig Kraus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To counteract the spread of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and to prevent the emergence of novel substances, specifically designed as a response to the legal control of individual substances, a new law was introduced in Germany in 2016: the New Psychoactive Substances Act (NpS...