{"id":20362,"date":"2025-11-30T15:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T14:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=20362"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T17:02:15","slug":"emerging-drug-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2025\/11\/emerging-drug-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Drug Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"header\" role=\"banner\">\n<div class=\"row v-align-middle space-between width-100\">\n<div class=\"header-inner col-12 col-desktop-8\">\n<div id=\"block-solstice-branding\" class=\"site-branding col-10\">\n<div class=\"logo\"><a title=\"NIDA Home\" href=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/\" rel=\"home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/themes\/custom\/solstice\/nida_logo_color-cropped-cropped.svg\" alt=\"NIDA Home\" width=\"282\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Notice &#8211; received 26 Nov 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-desktop-4 align-end\">\n<div class=\"top-bar-switcher\">\n<div id=\"block-solstice-globallanguage\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-sitesearchheader\">\n<div>\n<form class=\"form-horizontal form-small\" action=\"https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/search\" method=\"get\" data-once=\"form-updated\" data-drupal-form-fields=\"header_search,sort\" data-anti-phishing-live-protection=\"1764512047534\"><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"content-inner\"><main class=\"main inner\" role=\"main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"layout-center-content \">\n<div class=\"content-river\">\n<div id=\"block-nida-vic-adaptive-system-main\">\n<article data-history-node-id=\"52514\">\n<div class=\"topic-intro-wrapper topic-intro-wrapper--research-topic full-width-wrapper l-section--accent-rt pb-1-2 mb-2-4\">\n<div class=\"topic-intro full-width-contents l-inner-sides row-no-wrap-d\">\n<div class=\"col-desktop-8 col-12\">\n<div class=\"l-card height-100 rt-highlights--wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rt-flex\">\n<div class=\"rt-flex--highlights\">\n<div class=\"align-right image-medium\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Emerging drugs, which include designer drugs and new psychoactive substances, are substances that have appeared or become more popular in the drug market in recent years.<\/li>\n<li>Emerging drugs have unpredictable health effects. They may be as powerful or more powerful than existing drugs, and may be fatal.<\/li>\n<li>Because drug markets change quickly, NIDA supports the\u00a0<a class=\"ext\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/ndews.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-extlink=\"\" aria-label=\"(link is external)\">National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS)<\/a>, which tracks emerging substances. NIDA also advances the science on emerging drugs by supporting research on their use and on their health effects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/nida.nih.gov\/research-topics\/emerging-drug-trends<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notice &#8211; received 26 Nov 2025 Highlights Emerging drugs, which include designer drugs and new psychoactive substances, are substances that have appeared or become more popular in the drug market in recent years. Emerging drugs have unpredictable health effects. They may be as powerful or more powerful than existing drugs, and may be fatal. 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