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Police warn of new LSD-like drug in St. Louis area: 'N-Bomb'
UPDATEDat 3:20 p.m. with information about substance from Drug Enforcement Agency.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Police here are warning of a new hallucinogenic drug authorities say has begun circulating the St. Louis area.
St. Louis County police say the synthetic drug known as "N-Bomb" has been linked to deaths in other parts of the country including California, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota and Virginia.
The drug is known as N-Bomb for its chemical compositions, 2C-1-NBOMe or 251NBOMe, and can be extremely potent and dangerous, police say.
Police say the liquid drug is often called "legal acid" and sometimes "Smiles." It is derived from mescaline but has a different chemical composition. Users typically take the drug by ingesting blotter paper soaked with the liquid, similar to LSD.
Officer Randy Vaughn of the St. Louis County police said undercover drug officers have reported purchasing the drug recently.
According to media reports, the drug was banned in Virginia last year and later outlawed in Louisiana after a 21-year-old man died at a New Orleans music festival in November. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported a man apparently took N-Bomb from a stranger, began convulsing and died a short time later.
A 21-year-old man Texas man died after taking the drug at a party in June, according to the Houston Chonicle.
A Chesterfield mother spoke at a city council meeting Monday night to warn people about the drug. She said in an interview that she believes her 15-year-old daughter may have mistakenly ingested N-Bomb while attending a New Year's Eve party at her friend's house in Wildwood.
Carley Alves, 47, told the Post-Dispatch on Tuesday that her daughter, a high school freshman, came home intoxicated, hallucinating and highly sensitive to light and sound.
"She thought she was whispering but she was really screaming," Alves said, adding that her daughter complained of bright lights and couldn't open her eyes.
Alves said her daughter got sick at the party, came home and passed out. Alves thought her daughter was sick from drinking a mix of Mountain Dew and grain alcohol and said it was not until later that she suspected her daughter had taken another drug.
Alves said she later contacted police and described her daughter's symptoms, and that authorities told her about N-Bomb and its similarities to LSD. She said she later learned some teens at the party may have been selling and consuming alcoholic drinks laced with N-Bomb. She said her daughter refused offers of LSD at the party.
Alves said she knew nothing about N-Bomb before but now hopes to warn others about the drug.
James Shroba, a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration in St. Louis, said N-Bomb surfaced in the United States early last year and in the St. Louis area over the past few months.
Unlike other popular recently banned synthetic drugs such as K2 or Spice that were sold mostly in smoke shops, N-Bomb is sold primarily on the internet, Shroba said. It comes in powder form before it's liquefied and absorbed into blotter paper.
The drugs effects, too, are similar to LSD, and it can be absorbed through the skin, Shroba said.
"It's an extremely, potent, hallucinogenic drug that can create violent, uncontrollable, psychotic episodes in people," Shroba said.
Shroba said the DEA is racing to ban the substances this year.. But drug makers are adept at altering their chemical compounds to skirt drug laws and market them faster than they can be outlawed.
"You've got clever laboratories and scientists developing substances that have the same effect on the brain as the illegal variety," Shroba said.
Shroba praised Alves for sharing her daughter's experience and he said hopes her speaking out helps educate parents about a fast-emerging new drug gaining popularity among youngsters.
The DEA may work with the St. Louis County police to investigate the party that Alves' daughter attended.
"One of the messages is that parents that allow their kids to host parties or to attend these types of parties are going to be held responsible," he said.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_22b0ca94-99ac-57e0-b762-d1e896f32e1a.html
with some comments.
UPDATEDat 3:20 p.m. with information about substance from Drug Enforcement Agency.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY • Police here are warning of a new hallucinogenic drug authorities say has begun circulating the St. Louis area.
St. Louis County police say the synthetic drug known as "N-Bomb" has been linked to deaths in other parts of the country including California, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota and Virginia.
The drug is known as N-Bomb for its chemical compositions, 2C-1-NBOMe or 251NBOMe, and can be extremely potent and dangerous, police say.
Police say the liquid drug is often called "legal acid" and sometimes "Smiles." It is derived from mescaline but has a different chemical composition. Users typically take the drug by ingesting blotter paper soaked with the liquid, similar to LSD.
Officer Randy Vaughn of the St. Louis County police said undercover drug officers have reported purchasing the drug recently.
According to media reports, the drug was banned in Virginia last year and later outlawed in Louisiana after a 21-year-old man died at a New Orleans music festival in November. The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported a man apparently took N-Bomb from a stranger, began convulsing and died a short time later.
A 21-year-old man Texas man died after taking the drug at a party in June, according to the Houston Chonicle.
A Chesterfield mother spoke at a city council meeting Monday night to warn people about the drug. She said in an interview that she believes her 15-year-old daughter may have mistakenly ingested N-Bomb while attending a New Year's Eve party at her friend's house in Wildwood.
Carley Alves, 47, told the Post-Dispatch on Tuesday that her daughter, a high school freshman, came home intoxicated, hallucinating and highly sensitive to light and sound.
"She thought she was whispering but she was really screaming," Alves said, adding that her daughter complained of bright lights and couldn't open her eyes.
Alves said her daughter got sick at the party, came home and passed out. Alves thought her daughter was sick from drinking a mix of Mountain Dew and grain alcohol and said it was not until later that she suspected her daughter had taken another drug.
Alves said she later contacted police and described her daughter's symptoms, and that authorities told her about N-Bomb and its similarities to LSD. She said she later learned some teens at the party may have been selling and consuming alcoholic drinks laced with N-Bomb. She said her daughter refused offers of LSD at the party.
Alves said she knew nothing about N-Bomb before but now hopes to warn others about the drug.
James Shroba, a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration in St. Louis, said N-Bomb surfaced in the United States early last year and in the St. Louis area over the past few months.
Unlike other popular recently banned synthetic drugs such as K2 or Spice that were sold mostly in smoke shops, N-Bomb is sold primarily on the internet, Shroba said. It comes in powder form before it's liquefied and absorbed into blotter paper.
The drugs effects, too, are similar to LSD, and it can be absorbed through the skin, Shroba said.
"It's an extremely, potent, hallucinogenic drug that can create violent, uncontrollable, psychotic episodes in people," Shroba said.
Shroba said the DEA is racing to ban the substances this year.. But drug makers are adept at altering their chemical compounds to skirt drug laws and market them faster than they can be outlawed.
"You've got clever laboratories and scientists developing substances that have the same effect on the brain as the illegal variety," Shroba said.
Shroba praised Alves for sharing her daughter's experience and he said hopes her speaking out helps educate parents about a fast-emerging new drug gaining popularity among youngsters.
The DEA may work with the St. Louis County police to investigate the party that Alves' daughter attended.
"One of the messages is that parents that allow their kids to host parties or to attend these types of parties are going to be held responsible," he said.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...cle_22b0ca94-99ac-57e0-b762-d1e896f32e1a.html
with some comments.
