{"id":7089,"date":"2025-02-26T13:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:00:41","slug":"new-psychoactive-substances-identified-in-the-national-early-warning-system-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/new-psychoactive-substances-identified-in-the-national-early-warning-system-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"New psychoactive substances identified in the National Early Warning System in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prevalence of psychoactive substance use
Prevalence of medication use
Prevalence of drug use<\/a>
Drug prevention
Treatment supply<\/a>
Treatment demand
Health consequences<\/a>
Harm reduction<\/a>
Drug-related crimes<\/a>
Drug market<\/a>
Drug use and prison<\/a>
Monitoring of publications<\/a>
Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Data for 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data for 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Synthetic cannabinoids identified in the National Early Warning System in 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synthetic cannabinoids<\/strong><\/td>Number of cases<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized (gram)<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized (ml)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB<\/td>824<\/td>15883.360<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA<\/td>143<\/td>1340.070<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
ADB-BUTINACA<\/td>104<\/td>712.850<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
ADB-4en-PINACA<\/td>18<\/td>1442.190<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-BUTINACA<\/td>17<\/td>247.690<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-INACA<\/td>16<\/td>437.049<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
4F-MDMB-BINACA<\/td>6<\/td>15.710<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
3,5-ADB-4en-PFUPPYCA<\/td>1<\/td>16.630<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
5F-CUMYL-PINACA<\/td>1<\/td>3.600<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADBICA<\/td>1<\/td>2.060<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-3en-BUTINACA<\/td>1<\/td>0.330<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
AB-CHMINACA<\/td>1<\/td><\/td>320.000<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>1133<\/strong><\/td>20101.539<\/strong><\/td>320.000<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Note: Data from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Ministry of Interior) and the Customs Agency.<\/sub><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Synthetic cannabinoids (in combination\/mixture) identified in the National Early Warning System in 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combination\/mixture of synthetic cannabinoids<\/strong><\/td>Number of cases<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized (gram)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB-INACA<\/td>106<\/td>654.300<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-BUTINACA, ADB-BUTINACA<\/td>54<\/td>241.070<\/td><\/tr>
ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-4en-PINACA<\/td>19<\/td>137.200<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-BUTINACA, 3,5-ADB-4en-PFUPPYCA<\/td>13<\/td>22.260<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>9<\/td>62.460<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>8<\/td>21.070<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB- BUTINACA<\/td>8<\/td>7.100<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB-4en-PINACA<\/td>3<\/td>78.730<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, ADB-BUTINACA<\/td>3<\/td>4.340<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB-INACA, MDMB-BUTINACA<\/td>2<\/td>12.120<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-INACA, AB-CHIMINACA<\/td>2<\/td>0.040<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-BUTINACA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>1<\/td>93.600<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, 5F-ADB, MDMB-INACA, MDMB-BUTINACA<\/td>1<\/td>51.200<\/td><\/tr>
ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>1<\/td>15.450<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, 5F-ADB, MDMB-INACA<\/td>1<\/td>10.000<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>1<\/td>7.810<\/td><\/tr>
ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-BUTINACA<\/td>1<\/td>0.890<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-CHMICA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>1<\/td>0.800<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-BUTINACA<\/td>1<\/td>0.760<\/td><\/tr>
MDMB-4en-PINACA, MDMB-CHMICA<\/td>1<\/td>0.470<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-4en-PINACA<\/td>1<\/td>0.210<\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, MDMB-INACA, MDMB-BUTINACA, MDMB-4en-PINACA<\/td>1<\/td>0.060<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>238<\/strong><\/td>1430.940<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
5F-ADB, \u03949-\u0422HC<\/td>1<\/td>0.060<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Number of cases<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized (ml)<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
ADB-BUTINACA, MDMB-4en-PINACA, 5F-ADB, MDMB-BUTINACA, MDMB-INACA<\/td>4<\/td>44.000<\/td><\/tr>
ADB-BUTINACA, 5F-ADB, MDMB-BUTINACA<\/td>1<\/td>11.000<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>5<\/strong><\/td>55.000<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Semi-synthetic cannabinoids identified in the National Early Warning System in 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semi-synthetic cannabinoids<\/strong><\/td>Number of cases<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized (gram)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)<\/td>246<\/td>107650.070<\/td><\/tr>
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP, \u03949-THCP)<\/td>7<\/td>744.640<\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHC-P)<\/td>3<\/td>693.690<\/td><\/tr>
Tetrahydrocannabidiol (H4-CBD\u200b)<\/td>2<\/td>1263.200<\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabiphorol acetate (HHCP-O)<\/td>2<\/td>227.480<\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabinol acetate (HHC acetate, HHC-O)<\/td>1<\/td>105.110<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, \u03949-THC<\/td>32<\/td>18052.980<\/td><\/tr>
HHC-O, \u03949-THC, HHC-P, H4-CBD<\/td>7<\/td>18.940<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, HHC-O, \u03949-THC<\/td>5<\/td>4.200<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, HHC-P<\/td>4<\/td>319.530<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, HHC-P, \u03949-THC<\/td>4<\/td>4.000<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, H4-CBD<\/td>3<\/td>1481.700<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, HHC-O<\/td>2<\/td>2192.950<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, \u03949-THCP<\/td>2<\/td>75.060<\/td><\/tr>
H4-CBD, HHC-P, \u03949-THC-P<\/td>1<\/td>1045.000<\/td><\/tr>
10-OH-HHC, \u03949-THC-C8, \u03948-THC-C8<\/td>1<\/td>300.000<\/td><\/tr>
HHC-O, \u03949-THCP<\/td>1<\/td>50.810<\/td><\/tr>
HHC-O, HHC-P<\/td>1<\/td>50.310<\/td><\/tr>
\u03949-THC-C8, \u03949-THC<\/td>1<\/td>19.700<\/td><\/tr>
HHCP-O, \u03949-THCP<\/td>1<\/td>10.680<\/td><\/tr>
H4-CBD, HHC-P<\/td>1<\/td>9.500<\/td><\/tr>
\u03949-THC-C8, \u03948-THC-C8, \u03949-THC<\/td>1<\/td>2.800<\/td><\/tr>
H4-CBD, \u03949-THCP, \u03949-THC<\/td>1<\/td>2.670<\/td><\/tr>
HHC-O, \u03949-THC, HHC-P, THC-P, H4-CBD<\/td>1<\/td>2.460<\/td><\/tr>
H4-CBD, \u03949-THC<\/td>1<\/td>2.370<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, \u03949-THC, \u03948-THC<\/td>1<\/td>1.980<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, \u03948-THC<\/td>1<\/td>1.970<\/td><\/tr>
HHC-P, \u03949-THCP<\/td>1<\/td>1.440<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>334<\/strong><\/td>134355.240<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Semi-synthetic cannabinoids (liquid)<\/strong><\/td><\/td>Quantity seized (ml)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)<\/td>34<\/td>5262.500<\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabinol acetate (HHC acetate, HHC-O)<\/td>5<\/td>48.000<\/td><\/tr>
Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabiphorol (THCP, \u03949-THCP)<\/td>2<\/td>119.000<\/td><\/tr>
Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabioctyl (\u03949-THC-C8)<\/td>1<\/td>600.000<\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabiphorol (HHC-P)<\/td>1<\/td>20.000<\/td><\/tr>
Hexahydrocannabiphorol acetate (HHCP-O)<\/td>1<\/td>11.500<\/td><\/tr>
HHC, \u03948-THC<\/td>3<\/td>3.000<\/td><\/tr>
H2-CBD, H4-CBD, \u03949-THCP, \u03948-THCP<\/td>1<\/td>200.000<\/td><\/tr>
\u03949-THCP, HHCP-O<\/td>1<\/td>198.000<\/td><\/tr>
\u03949-THCP, \u03948-THCP<\/td>1<\/td>99.000<\/td><\/tr>
H4-CBD, HHC-P<\/td>1<\/td>5.000<\/td><\/tr>
\u03949-THCP, THC<\/td>1<\/td>39.000<\/td><\/tr>
HHCP-O, THC, CBD<\/td>1<\/td>11.500<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>53<\/strong><\/td>6616.500<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Note: Among the seized products with semi-synthetic cannabinoids are biscuits, cupcakes and jellybeans, which are included by their total weight when it is not possible to determine the net weight of the semi-synthetic cannabinoid substance in the product concerned<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

New psychoactive substances, other than cannabinoids, identified in the National Early Warning System in 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New psychoactive substances (NPS)<\/strong><\/td>Number of cases<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized (gram)<\/strong><\/td>NPS groups<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Clephedrone (4-CMC)<\/td>11<\/td>0.850<\/td>Cathinones<\/td><\/tr>
Mephedrone (4-MMC)<\/td>1<\/td>0.470<\/td>Cathinones<\/td><\/tr>
Alpha-methylfentanyl<\/td>11<\/td>7.820<\/td>Opioids<\/td><\/tr>
3-methylfentanyl<\/td>1<\/td>5.910<\/td>Opioids<\/td><\/tr>
4-HO-MALT<\/td>1<\/td>494.850<\/td>Tryptamines<\/td><\/tr>
DMT<\/td>1<\/td>7.32<\/td>Tryptamines<\/td><\/tr>
Ketamine<\/td>1<\/td>5.900<\/td>Arylcyclohexylamines<\/td><\/tr>
2-FDCK (2-fluorodeschloroketamine)<\/td>1<\/td>2.530<\/td>Arylcyclohexylamines<\/td><\/tr>
6-APB<\/td>1<\/td>1.730<\/td>Arylalkylamines<\/td><\/tr>
Kratom<\/td>1<\/td>249.800<\/td>Plants and extracts<\/td><\/tr>
1P-LSD <\/td>1<\/td>0.020<\/td>Others<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>31<\/strong><\/td>777.200<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

New psychoactive substances identified in the National Early Warning System in 2024 (by NPS groups)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPS groups<\/strong><\/td>Number of cases<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized<\/strong>
(ml)<\/strong><\/td>		Number of cases<\/strong><\/td>Quantity seized<\/strong>
(gram)<\/strong><\/td>		Number of cases (total)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Synthetic cannabinoids<\/td>6<\/td>375.000<\/td>1371<\/td>21532.539<\/td>1377<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Semi-synthetic cannabinoids<\/td>53<\/td>6616.500<\/td>334<\/td>134355.240<\/td>387<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Cathinones<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>12<\/td>1.320<\/td>12<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Opioids<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>12<\/td>13.730<\/td>12<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Tryptamines<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>2<\/td>502.170<\/td>2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Arylcyclohexylamine<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>2<\/td>8.430<\/td>2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Arylalkylamines<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>1<\/td>1.730<\/td>1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Plants and extracts<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>1<\/td>249.800<\/td>1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Others<\/td>–<\/td>–<\/td>1<\/td>0.020<\/td>1<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>59<\/strong><\/td>6991.500<\/strong><\/td>1736<\/strong><\/td>156644.979<\/strong><\/td>1795<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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