Death in connection with PMMA

ChEck iT! repeatedly warns of substances that are particularly harmful to health, such as a sample sold as speed in January 2011, which contained PMA and bk-MBDB instead of amphetamine.

As has only now become known, in January 2011 there was an accident in Austria. Death in connection with PMMA
(para-methoxymethamphetamine)! The white powder was probably as Speed purchased in Vienna and consumed nasally and contained, in addition to PMMA also 3′,4′-Methylenedioxy-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone (MDPBP), a substance that was found in Austria for the first time.

Recently, there have been repeated warnings about PMA and PMMA; in autumn 2010, several deaths were reported in Norway in connection with PMMA, in the Netherlands tablets containing PMMA were seized in November and Check iT! last analysed a speed sample containing PMA in January 2011, as mentioned above. So: PMA/PMMA can be found both in powder and in tablets.

Unfortunately, this shows once again that it is really important to have your substances tested! If this is not possible, test carefully, i.e. consume only small amounts and allow several hours to pass before topping up!!!

You can find information on PMA/PMMA on our homepage under Substances / Synthetic drugs!