Pmma in legal highs in spain (iván fornís)

• Energy Control-ABD. Iván Fornís Espinosa.• [email protected] | [email protected] | www.energycontrol.org | www.abd-ong.org

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PMMA (paramethoxymethamphetamine)

in “legal highs” in Spain

Iván Fornís Espinosa


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ENERGY CONTROLl ABD (Welfare and development association)

l Drug prevention program.

l Risk reduction strategies.

l Nightlife sectors.

l Peer community group interventions.

l Training for nightlife and health professionals.

l Publication and promotion of specific prevention materials.

l New media tools and guidelines.

l Development of drug checking programs.


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DRUG CHECKING

Objectives

1. Establish contact with drug users with the objective to provide them with information about the composition of their drugs.

2. Improve our knowledge about the situation of the illegal drug market and early detection of new trends.

3. Make this information available to all stakeholders involved.


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RED DOVES

l At the end of July of 2011l Legal High named Red Dovesl Grow-Shop in Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Island)l Steep climb in body temperature and sweating


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PMMA (paramethoxymethamphetamine)

l The sample was analysed by GC/MS. l Composition:

l 4-FMC (4-fluoromethcathinone)=flephedronel MDPPP (3,4-methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinopropiophenone)l PMMA (paramethoxymethamphetamine)l Unknown compound

l The active dose of PMMA is very close to fatal dose.l Hyperthermia, sweating, rhabdomyolysis and death.l The mixture of these compounds can cause unpredictable and unknown effects.

PMMA MDPP 4-FMC


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PMMA other warningsl 49 deaths in Europe and 1 in Australia during 2011, mostly in Norway.

l Involving legal highs products and tablets of the black market.

http://ewsd.wiv-isp.be/Main/PMMA%20alert%20by%20EMCDDA.aspx

www.sdea.police.uk


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Actions to inform stakeholders

The users

1. The user in Palma de Mallorca

2. The web (www.energycontrol.org), our fan page Facebook, Twitter, our internet

forum, and other Spanish online drug forums.

3. Erowid


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Actions to inform stakeholders

The sellers and supplier

1. The Grow-shop in Palma de Mallorca

2. The supplier (AM-HI-CO)

3. The Grow-shops in Spain throught two cannabis

related magazines (Cañamo and Cannabis

Magazine) and the Spanish Cannabis Federation

(FAC)

The administration

1. The National Plan on Drugs of the Ministry of

Health of Spain (PNSD)

2. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and

Drugs Adicction (EMCDDA)


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Results 1. The grow-shop withdrew the product from selling.

1. AM-HI-CO told us that withdrew her PMMA's products

stocking.Curently these brands are being sold in the AM-HI-

CO site (AM-HI-CO was selling 20 brand with PMMA.

(E=XTC, Mind Candy, Xtacy Ultra, Red Doves and Red Doves

Ultra, etc.).


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The media 1. August 7th the news agency Europa Press.

2. Spain, Portugal, Italy, Honduras, Venezuela, Argentina,

etc.

3. 76 newspapers.

4. 100 on-line articles.

5. 7 radio networks.

6. 8 televisions.

7. The news agency EFE.

8. 7.400 spanish results of "Alerta PMMA en Doves Red" in

Google


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Conclusions about this case

1. It´s very important to monitor the content of legal

highs and to inform the users.

1.Working with the sellers.

1.Working with the suppliers

1.The media can create unncesary alarm


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The big question

The big question is why someone decided one

day to introduce PMMA in legal highs?


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Thank you

Iván Fornís Espinosa

Energy Control – ABD

[email protected]@enrgycontrol.org

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