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AUS - Hidden dangers in love drug fad of nexus
A "LOVE" drug from the 70s is emerging as the new ecstasy among Sydney club goers.
Use of nexus or 2CB has risen over the past year, police figures show.
The National Drug and Research Centre has reported use was up from 2 per cent in 2010 to 9 per cent in 2011.
"NSW Police drug seizures in the second half of 2011 showed similar increases in percentage of seizures testing positive for nexus," a police spokesman said.
And the number of people in Sydney charged for possession of the synthetic drug - illegal in NSW since 1994 - is rising.
It was sold commercially as an aphrodisiac under the trade name Eros before it was banned around the world in the 1990s.
"It is one of a diverse group of new and emerging psychoactive substances," the police spokesman said.
"Drugs such as nexus and ecstasy are typically produced in filthy backyard laboratories with no health or quality-control process.
"While nexus is on the rise it still only makes up a small number of seizures compared to amphetamine-type stimulants including MDMA and methylamphetamine."
Nexus has a reputation as the "ultimate" drug - mainly propagated by its creator, American pharmacologist Dr Alexander Shulgin.
"It first surfaced in Australia in the mid-90s," Drug and Alcohol Research Training Australia director Paul Dillon said yesterday.
"Back then the manufacturers were the users. It is now quite popular overseas."
Mr Dillon said nexus and 2CB were spoken about frequently in chat rooms.
"Regular ecstasy users would look to it as their tolerance to MDMA increases or just because it is a 'new' thing," he said.
Back in the early 70s, nexus was used by US therapists to help people "bond" and promote "self awareness".
It is known to enhance sexual pleasure and became a cult pharmaceutical among chemists, psychologists and other therapists. By the '90s it had hit the dance and party scene before being targeted by the law enforcement agencies around the world.
The most noticeable physical effects of nexus or 2CB use are anxiety, agitation, facial flushing, sweating, muscle clenching, poor co-ordination, shaking, chills, tremors, dilated or enlarged pupils, and increased blood pressure and heart rate.
Feelings of fear, anger, and distress are often sparked by use of nexus or 2CB.
Police and health officials said the long-term physical and psychological effects on users of nexus or 2CB were virtually unknown.
Click HERE for a complete list of amphetamine-type stimulants.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...rug-fad-of-nexus/story-e6freuzi-1226385392224
A "LOVE" drug from the 70s is emerging as the new ecstasy among Sydney club goers.
Use of nexus or 2CB has risen over the past year, police figures show.
The National Drug and Research Centre has reported use was up from 2 per cent in 2010 to 9 per cent in 2011.
"NSW Police drug seizures in the second half of 2011 showed similar increases in percentage of seizures testing positive for nexus," a police spokesman said.
And the number of people in Sydney charged for possession of the synthetic drug - illegal in NSW since 1994 - is rising.
It was sold commercially as an aphrodisiac under the trade name Eros before it was banned around the world in the 1990s.
"It is one of a diverse group of new and emerging psychoactive substances," the police spokesman said.
"Drugs such as nexus and ecstasy are typically produced in filthy backyard laboratories with no health or quality-control process.
"While nexus is on the rise it still only makes up a small number of seizures compared to amphetamine-type stimulants including MDMA and methylamphetamine."
Nexus has a reputation as the "ultimate" drug - mainly propagated by its creator, American pharmacologist Dr Alexander Shulgin.
"It first surfaced in Australia in the mid-90s," Drug and Alcohol Research Training Australia director Paul Dillon said yesterday.
"Back then the manufacturers were the users. It is now quite popular overseas."
Mr Dillon said nexus and 2CB were spoken about frequently in chat rooms.
"Regular ecstasy users would look to it as their tolerance to MDMA increases or just because it is a 'new' thing," he said.
Back in the early 70s, nexus was used by US therapists to help people "bond" and promote "self awareness".
It is known to enhance sexual pleasure and became a cult pharmaceutical among chemists, psychologists and other therapists. By the '90s it had hit the dance and party scene before being targeted by the law enforcement agencies around the world.
The most noticeable physical effects of nexus or 2CB use are anxiety, agitation, facial flushing, sweating, muscle clenching, poor co-ordination, shaking, chills, tremors, dilated or enlarged pupils, and increased blood pressure and heart rate.
Feelings of fear, anger, and distress are often sparked by use of nexus or 2CB.
Police and health officials said the long-term physical and psychological effects on users of nexus or 2CB were virtually unknown.
Click HERE for a complete list of amphetamine-type stimulants.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...rug-fad-of-nexus/story-e6freuzi-1226385392224
