{"id":8058,"date":"2026-02-20T08:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:09:09","slug":"new-psychoactive-substances-nps-identified-in-the-national-early-warning-system-over-the-period-2013-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/new-psychoactive-substances-nps-identified-in-the-national-early-warning-system-over-the-period-2013-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New psychoactive substances (NPS) identified in the National Early Warning System over the period 2013 &#8211; 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#bee79e\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Prevalence of psychoactive substance use<br>Prevalence of medication use<br>Prevalence of drug use<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/prevention-related-to-use-of-psychoactive-substances-trends\/\">Drug Prevention<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/treatment-supply-related-to-drug-use\/\">Treatment Supply<\/a><br>Treatment Demand<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/health-consequences-of-drug-use-2\/\">Health consequences<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/harm-reduction-of-drug-use-trends\/\">Harm reduction<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-related-crimes-2\/\">Drug-related crimes<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-market-2\/\">Drug market<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/drug-use-and-prison-2\/\">Drug use and prison<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/monitoring-of-the-press-publications-about-drugs-and-drug-addiction-2020-2023\/\">Monitoring of publications<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/attitudes-to-legal-framework-changes-in-the-field-of-drugs-and-drug-addictions-2016-2022\/\">Attitudes to legal framework changes<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Number of new psychoactive substances identified in Bulgaria over the period 2013 &#8211; 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"605\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-Number-NPS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-Number-NPS.png 605w, https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-Number-NPS-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"padding-top:30px\"><strong>Number of cases sized of new psychoactive substances in Bulgaria over the period 2013 &#8211; 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-Cases-NPS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-Cases-NPS.png 600w, https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/3-Cases-NPS-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-small-font-size\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2019 <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2022<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2023<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong>Number of NPS<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">27<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">14<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">47<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">37<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">37<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">36<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">52<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Number of NPS identified in Bulgaria for the first time<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">27<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">13<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Number of NPS identified in Bulgaria and Europe for the first time<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Number of cases<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">90<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">85<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">77<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">127<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">60<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">110<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">119<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1445<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2012<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1002<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2109<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1795<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2893<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Quantity seized (gram)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2727.38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">9915.94<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4073.95<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12670.23<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2246.81<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6711.66<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3436.97<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">23025.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16706.90<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">35820.685<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">55476.388<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">156644.979<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">110515.208<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><strong>Quantity seized (ml)<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">7039.570<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6991.500<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfp-drugs.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/NPS-2013-2025-EN.xlsx\">Number of cases and quantity sized of new psychoactive substances in Bulgaria over the period 2013 &#8211; 2025 (.xlsx)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-top:10px\"><em>Source: National Early Warning System, NFP, NCPHA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prevalence of psychoactive substance usePrevalence of medication usePrevalence of drug useDrug PreventionTreatment SupplyTreatment DemandHealth consequencesHarm reductionDrug-related crimesDrug marketDrug use and prisonMonitoring of publicationsAttitudes to legal framework changes Number of new psychoactive substances identified in Bulgaria over the period 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