%0 Journal Article %T Spice ¨C dopalacze¡± zawieraj ce syntetyczne kannabinoidy %A Jakub Wojcieszak %A Katarzyna M£¿¨®dzik %A Jolanta B. Zawilska %J Neuropsychiatria i Neuropsychologia %D 2011 %I Termedia Publishing House %X In the last few years there has been a dramatic increasein the sale of a new category of psychoactive compounds,colloquially called ¡°herbal highs¡±, ¡°legal highs¡±, or¡°designer drugs¡±, which commonly display similarchemical structure and pharmacological activity toexisting and illegal drugs of abuse. Among variousproducts of this kind are so-called ¡°spice¡± ¨C herbalmixtures containing synthetic cannabinoids that bind tocannabinoid receptors and exert more powerful effectsthan natural cannabis. This review surveys the currentstate of knowledge on synthetic cannabinoids present in¡°spice¡±, their pharmacological properties and analyticalmethods used for their identification. It also addressesthe negative consequences of using these products. %K synthetic cannabinoids %K psychoactive compounds %K ¡°spice¡± %K ¡°herbal highs¡± %U http://www.termedia.pl/Artykul-pogladowy-Spice-dopalacze-zawierajace-syntetyczne-kannabinoidy,46,17089,1,0.html