@article{ref1,
title="New psychoactive substances detected at the New Zealand border, 2014 - 2018",
journal="Drug testing and analysis",
year="2019",
author="Johnson, Cameron S. and Copp, Brent R. and Lewis, Aaron",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="341-346",
abstract="In recent years there has been a significant increase in the emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) on a global scale. In New Zealand, a similar increase in the detection of NPS has been observed, particularly for border seizures. From 2014 to 2018, there were over 6300 border seizures analysed at the New Zealand Customs - ESR Screening Laboratory, 18% of which were identified as NPS. In total, 134 different NPS were identified, the majority being synthetic cathinones, phenethylamines and cannabinoids. Sixty-one of the seizures had associated package labelling indicating the presence of one, or multiple, NPS in the seized material. The package labelling was found to be 93% accurate, suggesting that this information can be useful to inspection, enforcement and testing personnel when deciding on an appropriate course of action with seized items.<br><br>This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1942-7603",
doi="10.1002/dta.2522",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dta.2522"
}