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Item The experience of an increase in the injection of ethylphenidate in Lothian April 2014–March 2015(SAGE, 2016-05-12) Lafferty, Con; Smith, Linda; Coull, Alison; Shanley, JimBackground and aims New psychoactive substances are causing increasing harm across the UK but the use of new psychoactive substance by injecting has become a significant problem within Lothian since the beginning of 2014. Data indicate a rapid rise in the number of existing drug injectors, particularly heroin injectors, moving to new psychoactive substance injecting. This paper reports the experiences within Lothian of a sudden increase in injecting of ethylphenidate over one year. A temporary class drug order was placed on ethylphenidate on 10 April 2015, and as yet the effects of this are unknown.Item The experience of an increase in the injection of ethyphenidate in Lothian, April 2014 - March 2015 [Report](SMD NHS Lothian, 2015-05) Smith, Linda; Lafferty, Con; Coull, Alison; Shanley, Jim