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α-PVP is sometimes the active ingredient in recreational drugs sold as "bath salts". [27] It may also be distinguished from "bath salts" and sold under a different name: "flakka," a name used in Florida, or "gravel" in other parts of the U.S. It is reportedly available as cheaply as US$5 per dose. [34]
For decades, South Florida has battled drug traffickers who ship boatloads of cocaine from South America. Now the region is dealing with a new epidemic - cheap, synthetic drugs that arrive from ...
A drug known as "Flakka" is spreading through Florida and authorities are concerned about its extreme effects. The scientific name is "alpha-PVP and it is a highly addictive, synthetic stimulant ...
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4-Chloro-α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone (also known as 4-chloro-α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone, 4-chloro-α-PVP, 4Cl-PVP, or 4C-PVP, or alpha-PVP, or flakka) is an emerging recreational designer drug of the pyrrolidinophenone class, similar in structure to α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (α-PVP). [1]
α-Pyrro lidino pentio thiophenone (also known as α-PVT) is a synthetic stimulant of the cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug. [1] [2] [3] It is an analogue of α-PVP where the phenyl ring has been replaced by thiophene. α-PVT was first identified in Japan in 2013. [4] Its metabolism has been described in literature ...
To avoid being controlled by the Medicines Act, designer drugs such as mephedrone have been described as "bath salts", or other misnomers such as "plant food" despite the compounds having no history of being used for these purposes. [16] [30] [31] In July 2012, US federal drug policy was amended to ban the drugs commonly found in bath salts. [32]
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