Changes in illicit, licit and stimulant designer drug use patterns in South-East Hungary between 2008 and 2015

The appearance of designer drugs on the European illicit market started with fentanyl analogues [1 –3] or pyrovalerone-like synthetic cathinones [4], but mass spreading of stimulant designer drugs (SDDs) began with mephedrone in 2009 [4–7]. As soon as mephedrone was classified as an illicit drug in 2010-11, increasing number of new stimulant substances (methylone, methylendioxy-pirovalerone ( MDPV), 4-methylcathinone (4-MEC), 4-fluoro-methcathinone (4-FMC), etc.) appeared [8] as its still legal alternatives.
Source: Legal Medicine - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research