LONDON, United Kingdom – 25 June 2013. The G8 has announced the publication of the G8 statement of intent on collection and sharing of data on new psychoactive substances. Following the G8 Roma-Lyon expert group in London on 16 April 2013, the representatives of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, the Russian Federation, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, committed themselves, inter alia, to develop comprehensive, coordinated and integrated approaches to the detection, analysis and identification of NPS; to collect and share information on the risks to individual and public health and public posed by NPS, on pharmacological data and research relating to NPS and on the prevalence of NPS as a basis for evidence-based measures. Information on the aforementioned aspects will be shared with one another and through, inter alia, the UNODC/SMART Programme and the International Collaborative Exercises (ICE) Portal, using, where appropriate, existing national and regional early warning systems and networks. There is also a commitment to work together, through such programmes as the UNODC SMART programme, to provide for an international repository of information on new psychoactive substances.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208634/NPS_G8_RLG_Statement_of_Intent.pdf)