NPS, PEDs and other emerging drugs on the Clearnet and the Darkweb: Use in sport

Emerging trends in drugs, addictions, and health Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.1016/j.etdah.2024.100148

Irene Mazzoni, Olivier Rabin

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Abstract

The aim of the project was to identify new performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) including novel psychoactive substances (NPS) both in the Darkweb as well as in the Clearnet that could be offered to athletes to improve their performance.

Searches on the Darkweb revealed that the number of PEDs offered to athletes is limited, and mainly center on well-known anabolic steroids, peptide hormones, stimulants and metabolic modulators. No novel substances were found and the most sophisticated were well known and also offered on the Clearnet.

On the Clearnet, we targeted novel psychoactive substances (NPS) reported by the UNODC Early Warning Advisory on NPS during the period of 2018 to July 2023. None of these substances could be found in nutritional supplements targeting the athletic population, nor did they appear in chat rooms exchanging information on performance enhancing stimulants.

In conclusion, it appears that PEDs constitute only a minimal part of the Darkweb market and all of the ones offered are well known substances. On the Clearnet, NPS recently released into the market do not make immediate appearance in supplements for the sports community.

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NPS、PED 和其他新兴药物在 Clearnet 和 Darkweb 上的使用：在体育运动中的使用

该项目的目的是在暗网和 Clearnet 上发现新的提高成绩药物（PED），包括新型精神活性物质（NPS），这些药物可提供给运动员以提高成绩。在暗网上搜索发现，提供给运动员的 PED 数量有限，主要集中在众所周知的合成代谢类固醇、肽类激素、兴奋剂和代谢调节剂。在 Clearnet 上，我们的目标是 2018 年至 2023 年 7 月期间联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室关于 NPS 的预警咨询所报告的新型精神活性物质（NPS）。在针对运动员的营养补充剂中找不到这些物质，在交流提高成绩兴奋剂信息的聊天室中也没有出现这些物质。在 Clearnet 上，最近投放市场的 NPS 并没有立即出现在体育界的保健品中。

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Emerging trends in drugs, addictions, and health Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Forensic Medicine, Drug Discovery, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (General)

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