Designer drugs illegal

Illicit drugs that fall under the heading of designer drugs encompass substances originally manufactured to have the same or more potent effects of illegal drugs, but... 

CLANDESTINE LABORATORY An illegal laboratory used to make designer drugs. 

DESIGNER DRUGS Drugs that are produced in an illegal laboratory that are chemically similar to pharmaceutical drugs. 

As reports of Rohypnol abuse continued, the United States moved to make the drug illegal. In 1995, Rohypnol was placed on Schedule III of the 1971 Convention of Psychotropic Substances and was designated a Schedule IV drug. This designation means that it has some medical use. However, it is illegal to import Rohypnol into the... 

A piperidine derivative, P-eucaine (56), is used as a local anesthetic. The illegal designer drug MPTP (l-methyl-4-phenyl-l,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, 57) contains the six-membered ring heterocycle and is particularly dangerous because it is converted to a metabolite, pyridinium salt 58 (MPP), in the body. This metabolite is associated with irreversible Parkinsonism. MPP is classified as a dopaminergic neurotoxin. 

Ecstasy (Adam, brownies, burgers, Dennis the Menace, disco biscuits, doves, E, Edward, essence, fantasy, love doves, M and Ms, New Yorkers, rhubarb and custard, shamrocks, white doves, X, XTC) is an illegally manufactured drug that comes in tablet or capsule form. The appearance varies considerably ranging from brown, white or pink tablets to yellow, clear, red and black or red and yellow capsules, often with pictures, designs or logos. It is taken orally. 

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