Keeping up with emerging drugs of abuse will always be a challenge for physicians. As law
enforcement agencies classify certain drugs as illegal,“street pharmacists” rapidly adapt and …

The arylethylamines substituted in the aryl ring, side-chain carbons and on the terminal
amine, comprise a large number of human mood and behaviour altering chemicals. Some of …

4-Bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B) is a psychoactive designer drug of abuse
that is sold under the street names “Venus”,“Bromo”,“Erox”,“XTC” or “Nexus”. Concern has …

Objective: To collect data related to phenethylamine drugs-of-abuse of the 2C-series, to
review possible health risks of their use and to discuss legal counter actions of authorities in …

The concept of a substance acting as a prodrug for an intended drug is not new and has
been known and utilized with particular benefits within medicine for efficacy and patient …

Background Recently, the number of new psychoactive substances (NPS) appearing on the
illicit drug market has shown a marked increase. Although many users perceive the risk of …

4-Bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B) is a psychoactive analogue of mescaline
that is becoming increasingly popular as a rave and club drug. We investigated its presence …

3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in the UK has increased in purity and the
contents sold as MDMA (ecstasy, E) have increased in complexity. Night-club scenes remain …

The long use of ephedrine, amphetamines, cocaine, LSD and more recently 3, 4-
methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine (MDMA;“Ecstasy”) allows us to predict with some …

Rationale Mescaline is a nonselective serotonin receptor agonist. It has relatively delayed
onset of action and prolonged duration. Mescaline attenuates various behavioral …