WARNING! - PMA/PMMA is being sold as MDMA in Victoria Australia
In recent months DanceWize has received a number of reports from our peers in the dance community who use Mecke and Mandelin reagent tests sourced online (or from a limited number of retailers in Melbourne) that substances purchased as MDMA (colloquially referred to as Ecstasy) were in fact other Novel Psychoactive Substances, including methylone, 2CB, 2CI, and 2CE. Further, of more concern, such reagent tests have also indicated with a high degree of certainty that PMA/PMMA is in circulation in Victoria masquerading as MDMA.
The substances tested were described as a clear capsule containing white powder that had a subtle purple hue, and a circular orange pill with a capitalised ‘B’ press.
This is extremely concerning due to the dangers associated with PMA/PMMA, which is known to elevate body temperature dramatically and has been linked to deaths around the world from hyperthermia (overheating). When partying, if you or anyone else seems to be experiencing fever-like symptoms please seek urgent medical attention and make every effort to reduce core body temperate (drink water, remove clothing layers, apply ice packs to hot spots, and move to a cooler environment if necessary). Remember emergency services are there to help not judge, so don’t hesitate!
DanceWize encourages partygoers to be aware of this trend and consider pill testing as an advisable harm reduction tool. If you would like additional harm reduction educational information please contact DanceWize via the Harm Reduction Victoria website: http://hrvic.org.au/dancewize/.
from press release dated 5/2/2015
- Posted by johnboy
- February 5, 2015
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Pillreports is a global database of Ecstasy" pills based on both subjective user reports and scientific analysis. "Ecstasy" is traditionally the name for MDMA based pills, however here we also include closely related substances such as MDA, MDEA, MBDB. Pills sold as "Ecstasy" often include other, potentially more dangerous, substances such as methamphetamine, ketamine and PMA.