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15 Trends Org. Crime 222 (2012)
Amphetamine: A European Union Perspective in the Global Context

handle is hein.journals/trndorgc15 and id is 222 raw text is: Trends Organ Crim (2012) 15:222-240 DOI 10.1007/s12117-012-9164-2 ( RTK 15 Amphetamine: a European Union perspective in the global context Published online: 8 June 2012 C Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Europol EMCDDA-Europol joint publications No. 3 Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011 http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_145911_EN_EMCDDA- EuropolAmphetamine-joint-publication.pdf https://www. europol. europa. eu/sites/default/files/publications/emcdda-europol- joint-publications-amphetamine-a-european-union-perspective-in-the-global-context.pdf This is an excerpt from a 46-page report on the supply and use of amphetamine in Europe (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction/Europol, Am- phetamine: A European Union perspective in the global context, Lisbon: EMCDDA, The Hague: Europol, 2011), authored by: Laurent Laniel, the Synergy Team at Europol, Chloe Carpentier, Jane Mounteney, Luis Royuela, Jodo Matias, Rainer Kasecker, Roumen Sedefov, Paul Griffiths. This excerpt includes those parts of the report pertaining to the production and trafficking of amphetamine and its precur- sors. Graphs, tables and photographs appearing in the original document have been omitted. Footnotes have been renumbered, the bibliography as been adjusted to the content of the excerpt. EMCDDA and Europol retain copyright on the text. Introduction The current patterns of amphetamine use in Europe are influenced by both historical and more recent factors. The use of amphetamine has evolved over the years since it was first synthesised, in 1887. Originally an experimental substance used as a medicine to treat narcolepsy, amphetamine was used as a stimulant and performance enhancer by soldiers in the Second World War. In the late 1940s, it became a product of mass consumption, and it remained a widely prescribed medi- cation well into the 1960s. Since the early 1970s, amphetamine has been an illicitly used and produced drug, and since the 1990s it has experienced renewed popularity in many parts of Europe, especially northern Europe. 41 Springer

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