Guidance on the Clinical Management of Acute and Chronic Harms of Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances
Organisation: NEPTUNE
Web Address: http://neptune-clinical-guidance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NEPTUNE-Guidance-March-2015.pdf
Document that provides guidance on the clinical management of harms resulting from acute intoxication and from the harmful and dependent use of club drugs and NPS. It categorises club drugs broadly according to their clinical effects: depressant; stimulant; hallucinogenic.Synthetic cannabinoids are treated as a separate category, largely for reasons relating to their clinical management.Guidance is aimed in particular at clinicians in a range of settings – these are specialist drug treatment services; hospital emergency departments (EDs); general practice/ primary care; and sexual health clinics