α-PVP is a potent psychostimulant, structurally related to cathinone, pyrovalerone and methylendioxypyrovaleron (MDPV), which are controlled under the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances. α-PVP has been detected in all 28 Member States, as well as Turkey and Norway, and the information from seizures and collected samples indicate that it is mainly present in powder and tablet form.
L'α-PVP est un puissant psychostimulant apparenté structurellement à la cathinone, à la pyrovalérone et à la méthylènedioxypyrovalérone (MDPV), qui font l'objet de mesures de contrôle en vertu de la convention des Nations unies de 1971 sur les substances psychotropes.