title: Internet snapshot survey: A novel methodology to monitor novel psychotropic substances and its need in Asia.
abstract: Recently there has been upsurge in the use of novel psychoactive substances, commonly known as legal highs. There is limited data available on the use and availability of these substances. Internet snapshot methodology has been successfully used in Europe and America to understand rapidly adapting internet based drug market but no data is available from Asian region. Hence there is need of application of similar methodology in Asia to explore and gauge the problem statement about these substances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ananya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.affiliation: Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal. Electronic address: pawan60@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Pawan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000600:supply & distribution*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
keywords: Asia drug market; Internet snapshot methodology; Novel psychoactive substances (NPS)