Designer Drugs

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Also known as:  Psychedelic Amphetamines

 

Description

Designer Drugs are a group of (illegal) Catecholamine-like Psychedelic Recreational Drugs that are structurally similar to Mescaline and Methamphetamine.  They are also regarded as Amphetamine-Derivatives.

Producers of Designer Drugs attempt to circumvent legal regulations by producing compounds that have modest structural differences from FDA-controlled compounds.

 

Effects of Designer Drugs

Nervous System

The general pharmacological effects of Designer Drugs resemble those of Mescaline and LSD - they stimulate a mixture of Catecholamine and Serotonin interactions.

 

Groups of Designer Drugs

 Dimethoxyamphetamines

 Methoxylated Amphetamines

 Methylenedioxy Amphetamines

 

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