A method for exploring the number of online shops selling new psychoactive substances: initial I-TREND project results
2016
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the new methodology used to monitor online NPS shops and their characteristics. It contains a description of the semi-automated tools designed for this purpose, which aimed to (i) minimise the human input and maximise the automation of the data-gathering process (ii), allow periodical rather than one-off monitoring and (iii) gather more extensive data than had previously been collected on online shops and their popularity.