This has not been a good week for exotic compounds! First the Rolling
Stone article about a 2C-T-7 death, and then today I caught wind of this
case... Apparantly back in December, some guy in Pennsylvania took "DiPT" and
then freaked out. He slashed his twin brother's throat, tried to stab one
woman, and punched the woman's mother. The brother survived. This person was
described as being normally peaceful. He was apparantly sitting on his
computer while on the drug and attacked without warning. He's now facing trial
for attempted murder and aggravated assault, and seems to be using the drug as
his excuse.
I'm not sure about the drug involved. All the articles say DIPT, but then also
describe it as an LSD-type hallucinogen. While DIPT was commercially available
for a while, the description doesn't fit. I suspect the chemical was actually
5-MeO-DIPT, which has been quite popular on the psychedelic scene for a while
and which is often called "DIPT" by misinformed and/or lazy people. Another
possibility would be 4-acetoxy-DIPT which was also available for a short time.
I suppose it could actually have been DIPT, but I'm skeptical. One of the
newspaper articles has an almost amusing (in a pathetic way) comment about the
drug: "Allegheny County police investigators said earlier that Michael Mason
had ingested DiPT, an agriculture chemical that causes hallucinations similar
to those produced by LSD."
Here are 4 newspaper articles on the case:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wtae/20020109/lo/1030735_1.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20020109nburbs0109p9.asp
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_11470.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_11436.html
Mmmm... dumb people...
Stone article about a 2C-T-7 death, and then today I caught wind of this
case... Apparantly back in December, some guy in Pennsylvania took "DiPT" and
then freaked out. He slashed his twin brother's throat, tried to stab one
woman, and punched the woman's mother. The brother survived. This person was
described as being normally peaceful. He was apparantly sitting on his
computer while on the drug and attacked without warning. He's now facing trial
for attempted murder and aggravated assault, and seems to be using the drug as
his excuse.
I'm not sure about the drug involved. All the articles say DIPT, but then also
describe it as an LSD-type hallucinogen. While DIPT was commercially available
for a while, the description doesn't fit. I suspect the chemical was actually
5-MeO-DIPT, which has been quite popular on the psychedelic scene for a while
and which is often called "DIPT" by misinformed and/or lazy people. Another
possibility would be 4-acetoxy-DIPT which was also available for a short time.
I suppose it could actually have been DIPT, but I'm skeptical. One of the
newspaper articles has an almost amusing (in a pathetic way) comment about the
drug: "Allegheny County police investigators said earlier that Michael Mason
had ingested DiPT, an agriculture chemical that causes hallucinations similar
to those produced by LSD."
Here are 4 newspaper articles on the case:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wtae/20020109/lo/1030735_1.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20020109nburbs0109p9.asp
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_11470.html
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_11436.html
Mmmm... dumb people...