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Spotting the diffusion of New Psychoactive Substances over the Internet

Computers and Society 2016-07-12 v2 Social and Information Networks
Authors: Fabio Del Vigna , Marco Avvenuti , Clara Bacciu , Paolo Deluca , Andrea Marchetti , Marinella Petrocchi , Maurizio Tesconi
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Abstract

Online availability and diffusion of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) represent an emerging threat to healthcare systems. In this work, we analyse drugs forums, online shops, and Twitter. By mining the data from these sources, it is possible to understand the dynamics of drugs diffusion and their endorsement, as well as timely detecting new substances. We propose a set of visual analytics tools to support analysts in tackling NPS spreading and provide a better insight about drugs market and analysis.

Keywords

New Psychoactive Substances Internet diffusion drug forums online shops Twitter visual analytics data mining

Cite

@article{arxiv.1605.03817,
  title  = {Spotting the diffusion of New Psychoactive Substances over the Internet},
  author = {Fabio Del Vigna and Marco Avvenuti and Clara Bacciu and Paolo Deluca and Andrea Marchetti and Marinella Petrocchi and Maurizio Tesconi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03817},
  year   = {2016}
}

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