Study: Analysis of legal highs

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Study: Analysis of legal highs

Guess what? According to this recent study in the UK, most legal highs do not contain what they advertise. Piperazines and caffeine are the most common subsances found in fake legal highs marketed as unlabeled research chemicals (what?). Is anyone surprised?
The abstract from the study:

In recent years the availability of so called legal highs over the internet has hugely increased. Numerous online legal high retailers market a broad variety of products which are advertised as research chemicals, bath salts or plant food although clearly intended for human consumption as recreational drug replacements. No guidelines exist as to what is sold and in what purity. Consumers are led to believe that purchased goods are entirely legal.
In this study several legal high products were purchased and analysed for their content. The powdered products were screened with ATR-FTIR followed by GC-MS analysis of methanol extracts. Spectra were compared to reference standards and the NIST library.

Results showed that 6 out of 7 products did not contain the advertised active ingredient. Moreover, five samples contained the controlled substances benzylpiperazine and 1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]piperazine combined with caffeine.

More at http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/3956/2/Ana ... ersion.pdf

from: http://www.dosenation.com/listing.php?smlid=8503

 

[molecularconcept]

HA! I NEVER trust white powders. This is why.

 

[Myrddin]

Hah, doesn't surprise me.

I've been buying this product called 'Kronic' lately in place of the good ol' natural stuff, and, while it's effects mimic weeds almost to a T for me, I often wonder what is chucked into it to get that effect. On the packet, it is described as a natural herb mix, sprayed with a chemical formula....I guess i just have to hold on to the hope that our quarenteen and drug laws are enough to stop anything particularly malicious getting throug...but I doubt it....I wouldn't put it past the goverment to keep a product legal, despite health risks, because they can claim a portion of the profits...

Can we just legalise the safer option, already?

 

[Crimzen]

Everyone i know has tried this kronic stuff
i've yet to have any

im surprised you find it so identical to weed, my mates think its quite different

im still wondering wtf the active ingredients are..

 

[spisshak]

swis was thining this is a great way to push the mdma without having to deal with the criminals.
just label it as methylone or something else it sells the same price anyway.
who would complain?

 

[IJesusChrist]

lol, yeah...

"ah fuck this - this shit is only pure molly"

 

[molecularconcept]

that isnt a bad idea! haha.

 

[Crimzen]

da fuck aemilius
this is the second dr phil image ive seen you post....freud has something to say to you..

 

[Crimzen]

lollll

 

[Sticki]

POS-51, Comes to mind :lol: