The drug market has seen a significant global expansion in the last decades. The synthetic designer drugs belonging to the class of amphetamines and derived phenylethylamines have experienced the greatest spread in the drug market for abuse. As phenylethylamines are organic compounds that stimulate the central nervous system of humans, many are abused as recreational drugs. A large array of...
Trafficking of synthetic hallucinogens remains one of the most serious threats to public health and safety, both globally and nationally. A novel group of toxic phenethylamine derivatives, referred to as NBOMe, recently gained prominence on the illicit market. 25I-NBOMe is a potent synthetic derivative of 2,5-dimethoxy-4-iodophenetylamine (2C-I), which is a classical hallucinogen with...