Designer Drugs on the Internet: A Phenomenon Out-of-Control? The Emergence of Hallucinogenic Drug Bromo-Dragonfly

被引:49
作者
Corazza, Ornella [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Schifano, Fabrizio [1 ,2 ]
Farre, Magi [4 ]
Deluca, Paolo [3 ]
Davey, Zoe [3 ]
Drummond, Colin [3 ]
Torrens, Marta [4 ]
Demetrovics, Zsolt [5 ]
Di Furia, Lucia [6 ]
Flesland, Liv [7 ]
Mervo, Barbara [5 ]
Moskalewicz, Jacek [10 ]
Pisarska, Agnieszka [10 ]
Shapiro, Harry [11 ]
Siemann, Holger [8 ]
Skutle, Arvid
Pezzolesi, Cinzia [1 ,2 ]
Van der Kreeft, Peer [9 ]
Scherbaum, Norbert [8 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hertfordshire, ReDNet Project, London, England
[2] Univ Hertfordshire, Sch Pharm, London, England
[3] Kings Coll London, Natl Addict Ctr, Inst Psychiat, London, England
[4] IMIM Hosp Mar, Barcelona, Spain
[5] Natl Inst Drug Prevent, Inst Social Policy & Labour, Budapest, Hungary
[6] Serv Salute Reg Marche, Ancona, Italy
[7] Bergen Clin Fdn, Bergen, Norway
[8] Univ Duisburg Essen, LVR Klinikum Essen, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, Addict Res Grp, Essen, Germany
[9] De Sleutel Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
[10] Inst Psychiat & Neurol IPIN, Warsaw, Poland
[11] DrugScope, London, England
来源
CURRENT CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY | 2011年 / 6卷 / 02期
关键词
ABDF; Bromo-Dragonfly; FLY-compounds; internet monitoring; phenethylamines; designer drugs; ReDNet project; research chemicals;
D O I
10.2174/157488411796151129
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Based on the material available in both the scientific literature and on the web, the present paper provides an updated pharmacological, chemical, toxicological and behavioural overview of Bromo-Dragonfly (1-(8-bromobenzo[1,2-b; 4,5-b'] difuran-4-yl)-2-aminopropane; 'B-fly'). B-Fly is a powerful, long lasting, LSD-like, hallucinogenic drug, which has been associated with a number of acute intoxications and fatalities in a number of countries. A critical discussion of the potential of misuse of B-fly but also of the methodological limitations, which are intrinsically associated with the analysis of online, non-peer reviewed, material, is presented. It is concluded that the availability of online information on novel psychoactive drugs, such as B-fly, may constitute a public health challenge. Better international collaboration levels may be needed to tackle this novel and fast growing phenomenon.
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页码:125 / 129
页数:5
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