Friday, November 15, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Contact: DEA Public Affairs
(202) 307-7977
Press Release
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THREE MORE SYNTHETIC DRUGS BECOME ILLEGAL FOR AT LEAST TWO
YEARSDEA tries to get a handle on Smiles.
NOV 15 - (Washington, D.C.) – Effective today, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made the synthetic phenethylamines 25I-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25B-NBOMe Schedule I, illegal drugs under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) for the next two years. These drugs are marketed online and through illicit channels as illicit hallucinogens such as LSD. They have been encountered as powders; liquid solutions; soaked onto blotter paper; and laced on edible items.
The actual chemical names of today’s
controlled synthetic drugs are:
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2-(4-iodo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine (25I-NBOMe);
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2-(4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine (25C-NBOMe);
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2-(4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(2-methoxybenzyl)ethanamine (25B-NBOMe).
There is no approved medical use for
these particular synthetic drugs, nor has the Food and Drug Administration
approved them for human consumption. No published studies exist on
their safety for human use. The NBOMe compounds are substantially
more potent than other hallucinogenic compounds, and the data suggest that
extremely small amounts of these drugs can cause seizures, cardiac and
respiratory arrest, and death. Indeed, these compounds have been
linked to the deaths of at least 19 Americans aged 15 to 29 between March
of 2012 and August of 2013. In addition, synthetic drugs like these
have no consistent manufacturing and packaging processes and may contain
drastically differing dosage amounts, a mix of several drugs, and unknown
adulterants. Users are playing Russian roulette when they abuse them.
This action is based on a finding by DEA
Deputy Administrator Thomas Harrigan that the placement of these synthetic
drugs into Schedule I of the CSA is necessary to avoid an imminent hazard
to public safety. The DEA published a Notice of Intent to do this on
October 10, giving makers, sellers, and other possessors of these drugs a
month to rid themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or
buying more. During the next two years, DEA will work with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services to determine if these drugs should
be made permanently illegal.
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