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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 L. Stair, Suzanne Fergus, Cinzia Pezzolesi, Manuela Pasinetti, Paolo Deluca, Colin Drummond, Zoe Davey, Ursula Blaszko, Jacek Moskalewicz, Barbara Mervó, Lucia Di Furia, Maggi Farre, Liv Flesland, Agnieszka Pisarska, Harry L. Shapiro, Holger Siemann, Arvid Skutle, Elias Sferrazza, Marta Torrens, F. Sambola, Peer van der Kreeft, Norbert Scherbaum, Fabrizio Schifano · 2013 · Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental

Summary. The ReDNet project monitored online drug markets across eight European countries to identify novel psychoactive substances and combat their rapid spread. Researchers tracked over 650 NPS products through websites and forums, then developed prevention messages delivered via websites, SMS, social media, and smartphone apps. The project demonstrated that web-monitoring combined with technology-based interventions effectively reaches young people and informs policymakers about emerging drug threats.

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Corazza, O., Assi, S., Simonato, P., Corkery, J., Bersani, F. S., Demetrovics, Z., Stair, J. L., Fergus, S., Pezzolesi, C., Pasinetti, M., Deluca, P., Drummond, C., Davey, Z., Blaszko, U., Moskalewicz, J., Mervó, 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 Clinical and Experimental. https://doi.org/10.1002/hup.2299

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DOI
10.1002/hup.2299
Countries
United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Spain
Regions
Europe
Categories
policy, general-innovation
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2026-04-28