New Benzodiazepines

"Reflecting consumer demand, the market in new benzodiazepines appears to have grown over the past few years. The EMCDDA is currently monitoring 23 of these substances, including six that were reported for the first time in 2016 and three during 2017. While the overall number of seizures reported by law enforcement during 2016 decreased compared with 2015, the quantity reported increased. More than half a million tablets containing new benzodiazepines such as diclazepam, etizolam, flubromazolam, flunitrazolam and fonazepam were reported during 2016 — which was about 70 % more than in 2015. Some of these new benzodiazepines were sold as tablets, capsules or powders under their own names. In other cases, they were used to make fake versions of commonly prescribed benzodiazepine medicines, such as diazepam and alprazolam, and sold directly on the illicit drug market."