New Zealand - dangerous drug n-ethylpentylone sold as ecstasy
A new drug masquerading as ecstasy has experts worried after six kilograms were netted in a bust by Wellington police this week.
Wendy Allison, director of free drug testing service Know Your Stuff, says many who believe they're taking ecstasy are actually taking something far more dangerous.
"In our testing this season approximately 25 percent of substances brought us as MDMA have turned out not to be, and of those the majority have been n-ethylpentylone."
N-ethylpentylone is a newcomer to New Zealand, only being detected in the country late in 2017. It's cheap and easy to manufacture, but is also far more toxic if it's taken in the same dosage as ecstasy.
Full article here:
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/health/2018/03/police-concerned-by-emergence-of-new-drug-n-ethylpentylone-sold-as-ecstasy.html
- Posted by johnboy
- March 16, 2018
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