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Doors of deception—The diaspora of designer drugs
Author(s) -
Kerwin James
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
drug testing and analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.065
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1942-7611
pISSN - 1942-7603
DOI - 10.1002/dta.302
Subject(s) - deception , doors , cannabinoid receptor agonists , cannabinoid , identification (biology) , computer science , engineering ethics , cannabinoid receptor , chemistry , political science , engineering , receptor , biology , biochemistry , law , botany , agonist , operating system
The proliferation of designer drugs has been abetted by rapid advances in computational and synthetic organic chemistry. This article briefly reviews the history of cannabinoid analysis, and summarizes advances in the synthesis of mimetics made possible following identification of cannabinoid receptors. The impact of these developments on human health and regulatory efforts are discussed.