PART I. The Frame 1. New psychoactive substances as abuse drugs Daniel Gallart Mateu 2. New psychoactive substances: pharmacology and impact on human health María Isabel Colado Megía, María Dolores Gutiérrez López, Rebeca Vidal Casado and Esther O'Shea 3. The legal framework about NPS Clara Pérez-Alfonso Sr. PART II. Targeted analytes 4. Designer Benzodiazepines Pietro Brunetti and Arianna Giorgetti 5.
Synthetic Cannabinoids: Pharmacological Profile, Analytical Challenges, and Forensic Implications João Pedro Silva, Helena Carmo, Félix Dias Carvalho, Rafaela Silva, Rita Roque-Bravo, Catarina Pereira-Teixeira and Paula Guedes de Pinho 6. New synthetic opioids Daniela Wissenbach, Hans H. Maurer and Dirk K. Wissenbach 7. Synthetic cathinones: Pharmacology, toxicological action and analytical approach Daniel Gallart Mateu 8. Phenethylamines and amphetamine type derived drugs Aline Thais Bruni and Caio Henrique Pinke Rodrigues 9. Tryptamine based drugs Shaun Greene 10. Arylcyclohexylamines type drugs David Wood, Paul I.
Dargan and Marcus Warriner 11. Naturally based mystic drugs Francesc A. Esteve-Turrillas PART III. Analytical methodologies 12. Sensors for the detection of New Psychoactive Substances Morgan Alonzo and Shanlin Fu 13. Spectroscopic techniques, from (onsite) screening and identification to structure elucidation of new psychoactive substances Eric Deconinck 14. Tackling the sensitive detection of new psychoactive substances by electroanalytical methods Cecilia V. Cristea 15.
Gas Chromatography Methods Pamela Cabarcos Fernández, María Jesús Tabernero Duque, Iván Álvarez Freire and Ana María Bermejo Barrera 16. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for comprehensive research of NPS María Ibáñez 17. Ambient pressure mass spectrometry in the forensic analysis of NPS Alexandre N. P. Aguiar, Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto, Cecilia de Andrade Behring, Ananda da Silva Antonio, Gleicielle Tozzi Wurzler and Gabriela Vanini PART IV. Matrix type 18. NPS - drugs to circumvent laws Alexandre N. P.
Aguiar and Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto 19. Analysis of wastewater Salvador Garrigues 20. Urine as a matrix for new psychoactive substances (NPS) detection: Analytical challenges, methods, and considerations Olga Pardo Marín and Sandra F. Fernández 21. Blood and derivatives in NPS detection: Current insights and future challenges Eugenia Gallardo, Ana Y. Simão, Luana Rosendo, Ana Teresa Brinca and Mário Barroso 22. Determination of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) in hair samples Ana María Bermejo Barrera and Pamela Cabarcos Fernández 23. The targeted analysis of New Psychoactive Substances in oral fluids Sergio Armenta 24.
Approaches to the analysis of nps in post-mortem samples in forensic toxicology José Manuel MAtey Cabañas, Luis Manuel Menéndez Quintanal, Begoña Serrano Bravo Serrano, Violeta del Fresno González, Félix Zapata Arraez, Gemma Montalvo García and Carmen García-Ruiz PART V. Future perspectives 25. The analytical tools for New Psychoactive Substances identification and quantification Daniel Gallart Mateu and Miguel de la Guardia 26. Forensic Analysis towards Green Analytical Chemistry: developments and perspectives in sample preparation Justyna Plotka-Wasylka, Malgorzata Rutkowska, Mariusz Marc, Calum Morrison, Natalia Jatkowska and opas Bunkoed.