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Ground Rules: Street Drugs —
What the Field Needs to Know
DANIEL K. COLBY, MD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
DIVISION OF MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
CALIFORNIA POISON CONTROL SYSTEM
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Disclosures
None
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Objectives
Update on global trends and emerging
drugs of abuse
Review lesser known agents that are
currently being abused
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Substance Abuse & Mental Health
20.2 million adults have a substance abuse disorder
7.9 million have both a mental disorder and
substance abuse disorder
Substance abuse may mimic mental health
disorders
“substance-induced mental illness”
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders
SAMHSA’s 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
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Classic Drugs of Abuse
Sympathomimetics
Methamphetamines
Cocaine
PCP
Opioids
Heroin
Sedative-Hypnotics
Marijuana
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There are few intoxications that cannot be
cured by time and an adequate dose of
benzodiazepines.
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Butane Honey Oil (BHO)
AKA DABBING, HONEY, EAR WAX, HASH OIL
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What is Honey Oil?
Highly Concentrated Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
2 active chemicals in Cannibas Sativa (Marijuana)
Cannabidiol (CBD) and DELTA-9 THC
THC is psychoactive, CBD is not
Approximate percentages of THC in abused Cannabinoids
Weed 5-12%
Hash 10-15%
Synthetics (K2, Spice) 12-15%*
Oil 80-98%
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http://www.dea.gov/resource-center/dir-ndta-unclass.pdf
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http://www.dea.gov/resource-center/dir-ndta-unclass.pdf *recent sample 82%!
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How do you make it?
DO NOT DO THIS!!
IT IS REALLY DANGEROUS AND STUPID!!
It is also illegal in almost every state including California.
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Solvent Extraction
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Newer Solvents
Hexane (established peripheral
neurotoxin)
CO2 (supercritical pressure)
NOx (various nitric oxides)
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Methods Vary
OR
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Primary Result
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Purging the solvent
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Bonus Step: Alcohol
Wash Removes additional impurities
(e.g. chlorophyll, solvents)
Need high concentration of ethyl
alcohol
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Wax vs. Shatter
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How it is used
http://www.weedist.com/2013/09/hot-knives-original-diy-vaporizer/
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Newer Methods of Use
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Effects Sparse information available currently
1 group of researchers surveyed volunteer users (n = 600) of butane hash oil
Most common reasons users preferred dabs
Fewer hits to achieve desired effects
Effects are stronger
“high” is different
Other reasons
Faster, more effective for pain relief, give a “cleaner” high, no ash by-products, novelty
Users perceived flower cannabis as safer than hash oil
Users experienced an increase in withdrawal and tolerance compared to flower cannabis
Thus potentially more addicting than flower cannabis
Loflin M and Earleywine M. (2014) A new method of cannabis ingestion: The danger of dabs?. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 1430-1433.
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Effects
Common – anxiety and palpitations
May present similar to sympathomimetic toxidrome
Recently reported – psychosis
34yoM combat veteran with “profound psychosis” that resolved after
HBO cessation
17yoM and a 26yoM with no prior MH history presented with paranoia,
disorganized thought process, and delusions of persecution that
resolved after cessation of HBO
Keller CJ, Chen EC, Brodsky K, Yoon JH. A Case of Butane Hash Oil (Marijuana Wax)-Induced Psychosis. Subst Abus. 2016 Jan 28:0.
[Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26820171.
Pierre JM, Gandal M, Son M. Cannabis-induced psychosis associated with high potency "wax dabs". Schizophr Res. 2016 Apr;172(1-
3):211-2. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.01.056. Epub 2016 Feb 11. PubMed PMID: 26876313.
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Effects
Walnut Creek, CASeattle, WA
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Burns Recently published articles from UC Davis’ Division of Burn Surgery
1 year (Sept 2011 – Sept 2012), retrospective descriptive study
8 patients, age 17 – 33, 7 men and 1 woman
16%-96% body surface area (BSA) burns
Average ICU stay 114 days
7 year study (January 2007-2014), retrospective study
101 patients, median age 30.5±10.6 years, 93% male
3 deaths
Many with significant total body surface area burns Jensen G, Bertelotti R, Greenhalgh D, Palmieri T, Maguina P. Honey oil burns: a growing problem. J Burn Care Res. 2015 Mar-Apr;36(2):e34-7.
Romanowski KS, Barsun A, Kwan P, Teo EH, Palmieri TL, Sen S, Maguina P, Greenhalgh DG. Butane Hash Oil Burns: A 7-Year Perspective on a Growing
Problem. J Burn Care Res. 2016 Mar 30.
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Treatment
Time and an adequate dose of
benzodiazepines
An antipsychotic may be used for
persistent psychosis
Treat the burns
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Summary: BHO
Not necessarily new as hash oil has been around
for many decades
Increasing popularity even prior to legalization
New methods of producing more concentrated
hash oil
May induce psychosis or appear like a
sympathomimetic
Many explosions and burn victims
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Flakka
Alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PDP, alpha-PVP)
Also known as “gravel”
People have described it as looking like “aquarium rocks
Khat
Flakka
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Flakka
Alpha-PVP is a derivative of
methcathinone
Other derivatives of
methcathinone are often referred
to as “bath salts”
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Cathinones False marketing
“research chemicals”, “jewelry cleaner”, “stain remover”, “plant food or
fertilizer”, “insect repellants”, or “bath salts”
“not for human consumption”
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Law
Federal Analog Act aka Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (21 U.S.C §813)
A controlled substance analogue is a substance which is
intended for human consumption and is structurally or
pharmacologically substantially similar to or is represented as
being similar to a Schedule I or Schedule II substance and is not
an approved medication in the United States.
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2014/fr0307_2.htm
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Law
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. DAMON S. FORBES, et. al.,
Defendants.
Criminal Action No. 92-CR-105
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
806 F. Supp. 232; 1992 U.S. Dist.
November 20, 1992, Filed
Alpha-ethyltryptamine (AET) Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) Diethyltryptamine (DET)
Category 1 controlled substance Category 1 controlled substance
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Law March 7, 2014: Temporary Placement of 10 synthetic Cathinones
into Schedule I
4-MEC
4-MePPP
a-PVP
Butylone
Pentedrone
Pentylone
4-FMC
3-FMC
Naphyrone
a-PBP
“necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to public safety”
Federal Register Volume 79, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2014) http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/fed_regs/rules/2014/fr0307_2.htm
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Flakka
Cheap alternative to
cocaine and
methamphetamines
(sympathomimetics)
NE/DA reuptake inhibitors
Can be smoked, snorted,
vaporized, injected
Most cases reported in
Florida. Also Alabama,
Mississippi, New York, and
New Jersey.
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Flakka
Effects reported to last 3-4 hours (1 user reported amnesia
for 2 days)
Excited delirium
Tachycardia
Hypertension
Hallucinations
Runny around naked
Hyperthermia
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Flakka
Treatment
An adequate dose of benzodiazepines
Patients need to sleep for a few hours
IV fluids
Restore volume loss through sweating and maintain GFR
External cooling as needed
?Ice water immersion
Benefits: rapid cooling, possibly prevent MSOF, DIC, and
death
Laskowski LK, Landry A, Vassallo SU, Hoffman RS. Ice water submersion for rapid cooling in severe drug-
induced hyperthermia. Clinical Toxicology 2015 53:3 , 181-184
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Flakka
April 18, 2016
“Anecdotal reports from both street users and
law enforcement officers say that flakka is
not even available”
“The main force that stemmed the flakka
surge was a Chinese ban on the production
of alpha-PVP” (due to pressure from US and
Europe)
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Flakka Summary
Flakka is probably gone
A new synthetic cathinone (“bath salt”) is sure
to take its place.
Usually cheaper than methamphetamines and
cocaine
Treat it like other sympathomimetics
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GHB & GHB
Analogs
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GHB
Clear, odorless, water soluble, and tasteless
Rapid absorption and crosses BBB
Onset 15-20min with peak effect 30-60min
Rapid resolution
20-30mg/kg: Euphoria, memory loss, and drowsiness
40-60mg/kg: Coma
Goldfranks’s Toxicologic Emergencies 9th edition, pages 1151-1154
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GHB Uses
Drug facilitated sexual assault
Narcolepsy
Xyrem (sodium oxybate)
Body building
May increase growth hormone by increasing slow wave
sleep
Party drug
Often used with ecstasy, marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines
Gonzalez A and Nutt DJ. GHB and dependency. Journal of Psychopharmacology 19(2) (2005) 195–204
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Butylene Glycol
• Also known as
•1,4-butanediol
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GHB & GHB Analogs
GHB
GABA
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GHB
Recalled in November 2007
Contained 1,4-butanediol
When ingested, caused seizures and
coma in about a dozen children
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GHB Addiction
Dependence tends to occur
in individuals that use at regular intervals
Does not have to be taken
for long period of time
Withdrawal can be severe
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GHB Withdrawal
GHB withdrawal treatment can be
challenging
High dose benzodiazepines and
barbiturates (GABAA) protocols
Baclofen (GABAB)(only available PO)
Alpha-2 agonists e.g. clonidine and
dexmedetomidine
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GHB Diagnosis
Confirmatory testing is difficult
GHB has a short T ½
Endogenous vs exogenous
Precursor and by product of GABA synthesis and
degradation
Diagnosis is clinical
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Crime
Stoppers
UC Davis Medical
Toxicology fellows tip off
investigators
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1,4 Butanediol Withdrawal and Pharmacologic Management: A Case Series
Daniel K Colby1, Timothy E Albertson1, James A Chenoweth1, Robert H Poppenga2,
Kelly P Owen1, Jonathan B Ford1, Mark E Sutter1
11 months, 6 patients with GHB withdrawal
All obtained GHB from same supplier disguised as
massage emollient
Varying degrees of withdrawal
2 ICU, 3 telemetry, and 1 outpatient management
Treated with combination of baclofen and diazepam +
clonidine prn
Dexmedetomidine for ICU
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GHB Summary
Analogs are easy to obtain
Intoxications are difficult to distinguish from other
sedative hypnotics
Its not all about drug facilitated sexual assault
Regular use leads to dependence
Withdrawal symptoms are similar to
ethanol/benzodiazepines and difficult to treat
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DesomorphineAKA RUSSIAN MAGIC OR KROKODIL
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Background –
Opiates vs Opioids
Opiates are naturally occurring
Morphine
Codeine (metabolized to morphine)
Thebaine (can be metabolized to morphine and codeine)
Opioids are synthesized
Heroin (3,6-diacetylmorphine)
Methadone
Fentanyl
Many others
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Background- Russia/Ukraine
Problem #1: High prevalence opioid abuse
particularly home made opioids
Problem # 2: Heroin is expensive and
difficult to obtain.
Fact: Until June 1, 2012, Codeine was readily
available in Russia.
Solution: Synthesize a drug using codeine
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Desomorphine
Originally synthesized in 1932 and sold under brand
name Permonid in Switzerland
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Soluble
codeine
Desomorphine – clandestine synthesis
https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/desomorphine/desomorphine_basics.shtml
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Desomorphine – clandestine
synthesis
desocodeine
desomorphine
CH3
Soluble
codeine
https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/desomorphine/desomorphine_basics.shtml
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Lab
Hazards
Red phosphorus
phosphine (toxic gas)
ALI, death, and
explosive
Gasoline explosive
NaOH and HCl are
caustics
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Soft tissue Effects
NaOH and HCL are strong caustics
End product has pH 3
Unremoved parts of pills containing
codeine e.g. ibuprofen, acetaminophen,
pill binders, and coatings.
Bacterial infections
Rosenbaum CD, Boyle KL, Boyer EW. Nasopharyngeal necrosis after chronic opioid (oxycodone/acetaminophen) insufflation. J Med
Toxicol. 2012 Jun;8(2):240-1.
Grund JP, Latypov A, Harris M. Breaking worse: the emergence of krokodil and excessive injuries among
people who inject drugs in Eurasia. Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Jul;24(4):265-74.
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Additional Effects
Infections
HCV, HIV, bacterial
Social stigma leads to delayed treatment
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Krokodil Geographic
Distribution Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Kazakhastan (Former Soviet
Union)
Germany, Czech Republic, France, Belgium, Sweden, and
Norway
0 confirmed cases in the United States
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Krokodil
Summary
Cheap alternative to heroin
made with dangerous, readily
available chemicals
Soft tissue necrosis
Highly addictive
Not in the USA…yet
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Loperamide
Anti-diarrheal agent that is over
the counter
Opioid Mu-receptor agonist
Known as a replacement for
people with opioid withdrawal to
lessen symptoms
Now being abused primarily in
massive amounts (150-200 tablets
per day)
WOW
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Loperamide
Biggest life threatening
consequences are the cardiac
arrhythmias
Ventricular Tachycardia
Polymorphic Ventricular
Tachycardia
Prolonged QT/ Torsades
*EKG’s courtesy of David Juurlink, MD, Toxicologist, University of Toronto
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Loperamide
Manage opioid toxidrome with naloxone
Determine if current arrhythmia is manifesting Na channel blocking
properties or QT prolonging properties
NaHCO3, 3% Saline
Magnesium, Calcium, Overdrive pacing
Can consider traditional anti-arrhythmics, fat emulsion, electricity but
limited data
Recommend optimizing electrolytes including magnesium
regardless the presentation
Cardiac conduction disturbance after loperamide abuse. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2014
Nov;52(9):952-7
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Prescription
Opioids
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Prescription Opioids
Drug overdose is the #1 cause of injury related mortality
age 35-54
#2 cause of injury related mortality age 14-34
Most commonly involved opioids
Methadone
Oxycodone
Hydrocodone
http://webappa.cdc.gov/cgi-bin/broker.exe
http://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/overdose.html
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Prescription Opioids
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Prescription Opioids
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db190_fig1.png
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Counterfeit Norco
Recent “Norco” epidemic
18 patients over about 10 days
1 confirmed death
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Counterfeit Norco
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Counterfeit
Norco
Pills were actually Fentanyl
6.90mg = 6900mcg
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Questions?
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Grund JP, Latypov A, Harris M. Breaking worse: the emergence of krokodil and excessive injuries among people who inject drugs in Eurasia. Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Jul;24(4):265-74.
Rosenbaum CD, Boyle KL, Boyer EW. Nasopharyngeal necrosis after chronic opioid (oxycodone/acetaminophen) insufflation. J Med Toxicol. 2012 Jun;8(2):240-1.