Seizures of Clandestinely Produced Tablets in Santa Catarina,Brazil: The Increase in NPS from 2011 to 2017 |
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| Authors: | José Luiz de Souza Júnior BS Jair Silveira Filho GCert Bruna S Boff GCert Karina Nonemacher BS Kéttulin Z Rezin BS Samilla D Schroeder MSc Marco F Ferrão DSc Letícia J Danielli DSc |
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| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Regional de Blumenau – FURB, R. São Paulo, 2171, 89030 001 Blumenau, Brazil;2. Instituto Geral de Perícias de Santa Catarina – IGP/SC, R. Pastor William Richard Schisler Filho, 590, 88034 100 Florianópolis, Brazil;3. Departamento de Química Inorgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, 91501 970 Brazil |
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| Abstract: | Ecstasy is the name given to a large group of substances known as “club drugs” traded in the form of tablets, powder and liquid that present a varied composition, including mainly 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and analogous substances, in addition to the growing presence of new psychoactive substances. Based on this, clandestinely produced tablets (“ecstasy tablets”) seized by police in Santa Catarina in the period from 2011 to 2017 were analyzed. During the study period, 3472 seizures occurred, which resulted in total 498,443 tablets seized. Seventy nine substances were identified. In the year 2011, about 90% of the tablets contained MDMA. This number decreased to 66.6% in 2017. On the other hand, there was an increase in the number of tablets that mainly contained synthetic cathinones, as well as tryptamine and piperazine derivatives. Police seizures in the metropolitan region of Florianópolis and on the coast prevailed over the rest of the state. |
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| Keywords: | forensic science forensic toxicology drugs ecstasy police seizure 3 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine |
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