Historique
Périodique
A2 (N-benzylpiperazine) a new drug of abuse in Sweden
Auteur(s) :
WIKSTROM, M. ;
HOLMGREN, P. ;
AHLNER, J.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
67-70
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
9
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ETUDE DE CAS
;
BZP
;
AUTOPSIE
;
AMPHETAMINE
;
TOXICOLOGIE
;
ANALYSE CHIMIQUE
Thésaurus géographique
SUEDE
Note générale :
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2004, 28, (1), 67-70
Résumé :
N-Benzylpiperazine was tested in the beginning of the 1970s as a possible antidepressant drug. However, in both animal and human studies, it was shown to possess amphetamine-like properties, and any further studies were stopped. In a forensic autopsy case in 1999, we found a substance so far unknown to us in the chromatogram of our method used for amphetamines. We could swiftly identify this compound as N-benzylpiperazine because of information given to us by a newly formed network comprising, among others, customs and the police. Since then, we have found N-benzylpiperazine in several cases, among them 11 cases from a number of prisons.
Affiliation :
National Board of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Chemistry, University Hospital, Linköping.
Suède. Sweden.
Suède. Sweden.
Cote :
A03224