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Ecstasy (MDMA)
Slang Terms XTC, Adam, E, Eve,
History 1914 Merck for appetite suppressant 1970s Psycotherapy and Recreational Use 1985 DEA Schedule I 1996 number one recreational drug in
Europe
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Acute Toxicity Symptoms Complications Aggravating Factors
Treatment Symptomatic Decrease body temp Hydration Control excitation and convulsions
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Internet Information “How to make Acid” “MDMA and Penacillin” “MDMA in piss” “Herbal Ecstasy trial” “How to Get Ecstasy Samples Tested”
Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB)
Slang Terms Grievous Bodily Harm Georgia Home Boy Organic Quaalude Easy Lay
Substitutes GBL - gamma butyrolactone 1,4 BD - butanediol
Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB)
History 1960- anesthetic effects but no analgesia 1977- GHB enhances growth hormone 1990- 57 cases of GHB-illness: banned from sale 1996- 69 cases reported in Texas/New York 1999 -2000 Federal law for use in rape, succesful
homicide convictions in Michigan Possession legal, manufacture and sale not FDA approved use in narcolepsy trials
Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB)
Routes of Abuse Snorted or “Caps” Straight up or mixed in drinks
GBL & BD GBL - Renewtrient -
FDA\ask for voluntary ban BD - liquid (32oz) - Paris
Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB)
Internet Information Where and how to purchase GHB
home manufacturing kits
Case of “Hematuria from home-manufactured GHB”
Latest cases involve recovering 1,4 BD from inkjet cleaner fluid “Hurricane”.
Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB) Substitutes
GHB, GBL, 1,4 BDL made C-I/C-III by Federal law 2000
Still most common product identified in forensic date-rape cases.
Newest congener GVL – not as active pharmacologically
Gamma Hydroxybutyric Acid (GHB)
23 states have adopted Federal law.
Only four states control for analogs
725 million pounds of 1,4 BD alone manufactured for industrial use a year
DEXTROMETHORPHAN
Opiate derivative with NMDA\receptor activity
Structure similar enough to PCP to react on urine drug screens
Widely used in cough/cold products Available as an OTC chemical Slang names: “D”, “DXM”, “Vitamin D”,
“Robo D”
DEXTROMETHROPHAN
Internet information “Triple C” – Coricidin abuse” Purchase sites for bulk powder Chat rooms with
How to make Robo Jello How to make Robo fruit rool-ups How to extract DM from syrups
Other news/new agents on the Web
2-CT-7 (hallucinogenic amphetamine) “Blue Mystic.
Recommendations for SSRI’s and other prescription products for controlling adverse effects
Ritalin and Adderall abuse recommendations
“DNP” - Dinitrophenol (for weight loss) “Foxy methoxy” – 3 cases last week in
Chicago