LONDON, United Kingdom - February 2014. There has been a big rise in the number of deaths in the UK linked to new psychaoictive substances, according to a new report. The number of cases in which new psychoactive substances were identified as the cause of death rose from 10 in 2009 to 68 in 2012. The research by St George's, University of London, also shows the prevalence of the drugs in post-mortem toxicology tests increasing from 12 in 2009 to 97 in 2012 - an increase of 800%. Professor Fabrizio Schifano, spokesman for the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD), warned those experimenting with such substances were "effectively dancing in a minefield".

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