Designer drugis a term used to describe psychoactive drugs which are created (or marketed, if they had already existed) to get around existing drug laws by modifying their molecular structures to varying degrees. According to Dr. Gary Wadler, a NYU School of Medicine professor & lead author of the book "Drugs and the Athlete", it is likely that no two doses of any designerdrugs are identical in structure or strength, changing from batch to batch, from 'chemist' to 'chemist.' A lot of "tweaking" the old stuff, turned out to be a very dangerous enterprise! One person takes "Ecstasy" (MDMA) or "Special K" (Ketamine) & has the Euphoric experience of a lifetime. The person with them takes it, & dies on their first "Trip"! And No one, can explain it! Heard that before? I most certainly have. In the mid 1980's the popularity of Ecstasy, forced new legislation in the United States. The Controlled Substances Act was amended by the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement of 1986 that attempted to ban designer drugs pre-emptively by making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or possess chemicals that were substantially similar in chemistry & pharmacology to Schedule I or II drugs. But, that didn't quite do the trick! Because the government was powerlessto prosecute people for these drugs until after they had been marketed successfully, laws were passed to give the DEA power to emergency schedule chemicals for a year, with an optional 6-month extension, while gathering evidence to justify permanent scheduling, as well as the analogue laws mentioned previously. Emergency-scheduling power was used for the first time for MDMA (Ecstasy). In this case, the DEA scheduled MDMA as a Schedule I drug and retained this classification after review.
MDMA:(Ecstasy) is a synthetic, psychoactive drug chemically similar to the stimulant MethAmphetamine & the hallucinogen Mescaline. Street names for MDMA include "ecstasy," "XTC," and "hug drug." In high doses, MDMA can interfere with the body's ability to regulate temperature. On rare but unpredictable occasions, this can lead to a sharp increase in body temperature, resulting in liver, kidney, & cardiovascular system failure, & death. Because MDMA can interfere with its own metabolism, potentially harmful levels can be reached by repeated drug use within short intervals.
Rohypnol: ((date-rape drug) belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines. When mixed with alcohol, Rohypnol can incapacitate victims and prevent them from resisting sexual assault. It can produce "anterograde amnesia," which means individuals may not remember events they experienced while under the effects of the drug. Also, Rohypnol may be lethal when mixed with alcohol and/or other depressants. Rohypnol is not approved for use in the United States, & importation is banned. Abuse of Klonopin & Xanax appears to have replaced Rohypnol abuse in some regions of the country.
GHB: (date-rape drug) has been used in the U.S. for its euphoric, sedative, and anabolic (body building) effects. It is a central nervous system depressant that was widely available over-the-counter in health food stores during the 1980s and until 1992. Coma and seizures can occur following use of GHB.
Ketamine: Ketamine is an anesthetic that has been approved for both human and animal use in medical settings since 1970. Certain doses of Ketamine can cause dream-like states and hallucinations.
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