| NPS | New Psychoactive Substance |
| EWS | Early Warning System |
| EMCDDA | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| JWH-122 | 4-methylnaphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentylindol-3-yl) methanone |
| 5F-AMB | methyl (1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indazole-3-carbonyl)-L-valinate |
| AMB-FUBINACA | methyl 2-(1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-indazole-3-carboxamido)-3-methylbutanoate |
| LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry |
| JWH-018 | 1-Pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl) indole |
| AKB-48 | N-(1-Adamantyl)-1-pentylindazole-3-carboxamide |
| MDMB-CHMINACA | indole carboxamides |
| LOD | limit of detection |
| LOQ | limit of quantitation |