Promoting innovation and excellence to face the rapid diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances in the EU: the outcomes of the ReDNet project

Ornella Corazza; Sulaf Assi; Pierluigi Simonato; John Corkery; Francesco Saverio Bersani; Zsolt Demetrovics; Jacqueline Stair; Suzanne Fergus; Cinzia Pezzolesi; Manuela Pasinetti; Paolo Deluca; Colin Drummond; Zoe Davey; Ursula Blaszko; Jacek Moskalewicz; Barbara Mervo; Lucia Di Furia; Maggi Farre; Liv Flesland; Agnieszka Pisarska; Harry Shapiro; Holger Siemann; Arvid Skutle; Elias Sferrazza; Marta Torrens; F. Sambola; Peer Van Der Kreeft; Norbert Scherbaum; Fabrizio Schifano

doi:10.1002/hup.2299

Promoting innovation and excellence to face the rapid diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances in the EU: the outcomes of the ReDNet project

Ornella Corazza
, Sulaf Assi
, Pierluigi Simonato
, John Corkery
, Francesco Saverio Bersani
, Zsolt Demetrovics
, Jacqueline Stair
, Suzanne Fergus
, Cinzia Pezzolesi
, Manuela Pasinetti
, Paolo Deluca
, Colin Drummond
, Zoe Davey
, Ursula Blaszko
, Jacek Moskalewicz
, Barbara Mervo
, Lucia Di Furia
, Maggi Farre
, Liv Flesland
, Agnieszka Pisarska

Harry Shapiro, Holger Siemann, Arvid Skutle, Elias Sferrazza, Marta Torrens, F. Sambola, Peer Van Der Kreeft, Norbert Scherbaum, Fabrizio Schifano

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Objectives: The recent emergence of new psychoactive compounds (novel psychoactive substances (NPS)) has raised prominent challenges in the fields of drug policy, substance use research, public health and service provision. The Recreational Drugs European Network project, funded by the European Commission, was implemented to improve the information stream to young people and professionals about effects/risks of NPS by identifying online products and disseminating relevant information through technological tools.

Methods: Regular multilingual qualitative assessments of websites, drugs fora and other online resources were carried out using the Google search engine in eight languages from collaborating countries. These included the following: the UK, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Italy and Spain. Products were tested and prevention messages were developed and disseminated via technological tools such as interactive websites, SMS alert, social networking (Facebook, Twitter), Multimedia (You Tube), Smartphone applications (iPhone) and virtual learning environments (Second Life).

Results: The Recreational Drugs European Network project established itself as the first Europe-wide prevention programme designed for NPS based on the efficacy of novel information and communication technology-based forms of intervention. More than 650 NPS products and combinations were identified; relevant information was disseminated to target population and advice was given to both European Union/international agencies and national policy makers.

Conclusions: Web-monitoring activities are essential for mapping the diffusion of NPS and the use of technological tools can be successfully incorporated in specific prevention programmes. Furthermore, the involvement of multi-disciplinary international partnerships was and continues to be fundamental for responding to such a prominent challenge.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	317-323
Number of pages	7
Journal	Human Psychopharmacology
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2299
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013
Externally published	Yes

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addiction
new psychoactive compounds
public health

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Corazza, O., Assi, S., Simonato, P., Corkery, J., Bersani, F. S., Demetrovics, Z., Stair, J., Fergus, S., Pezzolesi, C., Pasinetti, M., Deluca, P., Drummond, C., Davey, Z., Blaszko, U., Moskalewicz, J., Mervo, B., Furia, L. D., Farre, M., Flesland, L., ... Schifano, F. (2013). Promoting innovation and excellence to face the rapid diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances in the EU: the outcomes of the ReDNet project. Human Psychopharmacology, 28(4), 317-323. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2299

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