4357 x 2953 px | 36,9 x 25 cm | 14,5 x 9,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
juillet 2013
Lieu:
Scotland, United Kingdom
Informations supplémentaires:
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Fake Ecstasy pills know as "Green Rolex". These tablets contain PMA, a drug with similar effects to MDMA but can kill at much lower doses close to the recreational dose range. The effects of PMA take longer to onset than MDMA so users often re-dose before the initial pill has taken effect. PMA has a far greater effect on the hypothalamus than MDMA causing rapid increases in body temperature (hyperthermia, dehydration) and internal bleeding it is this effect that can prove fatal. Users taking a combination of MDMA and PMA are at particular risk as the 2 drugs work together increasing the negative side effects of each. Tablets like those photographed were responsible for 20 fatalities, 7 in Scotland and 8 in Northern Ireland in June and July 2013. See E686FN for Pink Superman tablets connected to a number of serious adverse reactions and fatalities in January 2014 and ED914M for those connected with 4 fatalities in December 2014 & January 2015. Credit: Police Scotland/Contraband Collection
