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Designer drugs
Deaths associated with new designer drug 5-IT
BMJ 2012; 345 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e5625 (Published 24 August 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;345:e5625- L Nitin Seetohul, lecturer in forensic toxicology1,
- Peter D Maskell, lecturer in forensic toxicology1,
- Giorgia De Paoli, lecturer in forensic toxicology1,
- Derrick J Pounder, professor of forensic medicine1
- 1Centre for Forensic and Legal Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
- l.n.seetohul{at}dundee.ac.uk
5-IT or 5-API is the common name for a newly emerging designer drug.1 It is a positional isomer of the tryptamine drug α-methyltryptamine and has the chemical structure (1H-indol-5-yl)propan-2-amine. Currently not controlled in Europe, it is covered, however, by the federal analogue acts in the USA2 …
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