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25 substances

Stimulants

Cocaine, meth, speed and the cathinone family — energy at a cardiovascular price. Stimulants drive heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature up. Overdose looks like a heart event: chest pain, racing pulse, overheating.

2xstimulant-involved deaths roughly doubled in 5 yrs (US CDC)
25profiles in this category
Schedule II

Cocaine

White crystalline powder (HCl) or off-white 'base'/crack rocks; shiny 'fishscale' = high purity HCl

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Schedule II

Speed (amphetamine paste)

Damp white/yellowish paste or dry white powder; damp = high purity base

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Schedule II

Methamphetamine

Clear/white crystal shards ('ice'), powder, or pills

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Schedule II

Adderall (amphetamine salts)

Blue/peach round tablets (5–30 mg IR), imprint 'AD'

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Schedule II

Adderall XR

Capsules (10–30 mg) with two-tone beads (half IR, half delayed)

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Schedule II

Methylphenidate (Ritalin)

White/yellow 5–20 mg tablets; Concerta = long grey/red-brown pills

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Not scheduled

Ephedrine

White 25–30 mg tablets, powder, or dried herb

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Not scheduled — retail restricted

Pseudoephedrine HCl

White 30/60 mg tablets; red-hot precursor to meth

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Analogue prosecutions

4-FA (4-fluoroamphetamine)

White/off-white powder or capsules

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Schedule I

Mephedrone (4-MMC)

White/off-white crystals or powder (crystals = '4-MMC crystals')

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Schedule I

4-MMC crystals

Translucent/white crystalline shards sold as 'pure mephedrone'

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Schedule I

Methylone (bk-MDMA)

White/tan powder, crystals, or pressed 'Molly' pills

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Schedule I

Pentedrone

White/tan crystals or powder

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Schedule I

MDPV

White/off-white powder or crystals; sold as 'bath salts'/'plant food'

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Schedule I

α-PVP (Flakka)

White/pink crystals or powder ('gravel')

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Analogue prosecutions

α-PHP

White/yellow crystals or powder

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Controlled in several EU states; analogue prosecutions

3-CMC / 4-CMC (clephedrone/chloromethcathinone)

White/off-white crystals or powder

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Schedule I

4-Methylaminorex (4-MAR)

White crystalline powder or small pellets

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Analogue prosecutions

4′-Fluorococaine

White powder mimicking cocaine

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Analogue prosecutions

Camfetamine

White/off-white powder or pellets

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Analogue prosecutions

Ethylphenidate

White crystalline powder

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Banned UK 2015; analogue prosecutions

Methiopropamine (MPA)

White/off-white crystals or powder

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Analogue prosecutions

Troparil (β-CPT, WIN 35,428)

White crystalline powder (research chemical)

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Components prosecuted as analogues

Synthacaine

White powder sold as 'legal cocaine' (usually dimethocaine + caffeine + lidocaine blends)

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Analogue prosecutions

β-PVP (beta-pyrrolidinovalerophenone)

White/yellowish crystals or powder

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