PMA has recently been found in the U.S.A. Paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA) is a methoxylated phenethylamine derivative, and is generally sold under the guise of Ecstasy or MDMA. It caused several deaths in Australia since 1994, and has been around the U.S.A. and Canada in a variety of forms in the mid-1970s. PMA has been reported to be the cause of three deaths in Chicago in May 2000. Pills marketed as Double-Stacked White Mitsubishis in Chicago recently in fact contained no MDMA at all, but were pills of PMA.
The physical effects of PMA are similar to those of LSD, both stimulating the central nervous system and causing hallucinations, however also increases the blood pressure, body temperature, and pulse rate. It causes laboured breathing, high fever, erratic eye movement, muscle spasms, vomiting. At high doses PMA often causes convulsions, coma and death. It is regarded as the most dangerous hallucinogen and highly toxic. PMA is more potent than MDA or MDMA, so that at a dose considered safe for MDMA, is highly toxic with PMA. In other words, a regularly sized pill that contains PMA instead of MDMA can be deadly.
Sources:
- Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Volume 22, Number 2, March/April 1998, pp. 169-172.
http://www.jatox.com/abstracts/1998/mar-apr/simmiab.htm
- Cox, T. C., Jacobs, M. R., LeBlanc, A. E., & Marshman,J. A. (1987). Drugs & Drug Abuse: A reference text. (2nd ed.). Toronto: Addiction Research Foundation.
http://www.gov.ab.ca/aadac/addictions/beyond/beyond_hallucinogens.htm
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