![]() ![]() PMA, PMMA and 4-methylthioamfetamine have been more often associated with incidental deaths than other phenethylamines. Three fatal cases associated with the use of 2C-T-7 have been identified, two of which involved poly-drug use. ![]() A case of acute psychosis after ingestion of 2C-T-4 was reported in Japan. Bromo-Dragonfly has also been associated with a number of deaths in Scandinavia. Reported adverse effects associated with the use of the ‘D series’ derivatives include agitation, tachycardia, mydriasis, hallucinations, severe limb ischemia, seizures, liver and renal failure. Phenethylamines included in the ‘D series’ are described to be longer lasting, more potent and reportedly more liable to induce vasoconstriction than other members of the phenethylamine family. Substances in these group mimic the effects of traditional drugs such as 2C-B, LSD and DMT but may also possess residual stimulant activity. Classic hallucinogens ( psychedelics ) mediate specific serotonin-receptor activities and produce hallucinations. Stimulants mediate the actions of dopamine, norepinephrine and/or serotonin, mimicking the effects of traditional drugs such as cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, and ecstasy. Most phenethylamines act as either central nervous system stimulants, or as hallucinogens. Ingestion is the most common route of administration of phenethylamines. Phenethylamines are usually available in form of pills, but FLY compounds are commonly sold in powder form, while oral doses (on a slip of blotter paper) are usually available for ‘D substances’. Street names for some phenethylamines include ‘Europa’ for 2C-E ‘4-FMP’, ‘para-fluoroamphetamine’, ‘RDJ’ for 4-FA and ‘4-MMA’, ‘Methyl-MA’ for PMMA. Some phenethylamine derivatives are controlled in some countries. Whereas some phenethylamines such as 2C-B, brolamphetamine (DOB), STP/DOM, MDE, 4-MTA, are listed in Schedules I and II of the 1971 Convention, most of the new substances such as the 2C series, the D-Series and ‘others’ such as PMMA are not under international control. PMMA, in combination with PMA (a substance listed in Schedule I of the 1971 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances), has been frequently found in tablets that carry a similar logo to ‘ecstasy’. Other phenethylamines such as PMMA, first synthesized in 1938, are also sold in the drug market as a substitute for ‘ecstasy’. Bromo-Dragonfly is the most common and potent substance in this sub-group. Benzodifurans, such as ‘FLY’ (tetrahydrobenzodifuranyl) and ‘Dragonfly’ (benzodifuranyl aminoalkanes) are potent hallucinogens. Several substances were synthesized, including a wide range of benzodifuranyl substances, later known as the ‘FLY’. The team found the potency of synthetic analogues of mescaline such as 2C-B and DOB, to exceed that of many naturally occurring hallucinogens. Over two decades later, a new generation of phenethylamines was researched by Professor David Nichols and his research team at Purdue University in the United States. ![]() The ‘2C’ series differs from the ‘D’ series only by a slight modification in the chemical structure, and their psychoactive effects have been reported to be dose dependant, ranging from mere stimulant effect at lower doses, with hallucinogenic and entactogenic effects at higher doses. 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B), synthesized by Shulgin in 1974. Simple variations on the mescaline molecule (a natural phenylethylamine) led to the synthesis of powerful hallucinogenic substances, e.g. In the 1980s and 1990s, Alexander Shulgin, a biochemist and pharmacologist, reported the synthesis of numerous new psychoactive compounds. Other phenethylamines increasingly reported to UNODC since 2011 include 4-FMA, 5-APB, 6-APB and 2C-C-NBOMe.Ī number of studies have reported the synthesis of some phenethylamines and amphetamine substitutes. Seizures of phenethylamines were first reported from the United States and European countries and since 2009 substances such as 2C-E, 2C-I, 4-FA and PMMA have been commonly reported by several countries in different regions. ![]() Bromo-Dragonfly, 2C-B-Fly) and others (e.g. The phenethylamines also include ring substituted substances such as the ‘2C series’, ring substituted amphetamines such as the ‘D series’ (e.g.DOI, DOC), benzodifurans (e.g. Phenethylamines refer to a class of substances with documented psychoactive and stimulant effects and include amphetamine, methamphetamine and MDMA, all of which are controlled under the 1971 Convention. ![]()
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