UK - Warning over hallucinogenic heroin (Wales)

[chillinwill]

From: http://www.bexhillobserver.net/lates...oin.4560207.jp

• Last Updated: 06 October 2008 1:58 PM
• Source: Press Association
• Location: The Press Association Newsdesk

A rogue batch of hallucinogenic heroin is causing violent behaviour and mood swings among addicts at a Somerset seaside resort, police have said.
The Class A drug at Weston-super-Mare is thought to have been contaminated by other unidentified substances producing "changes in behaviour and perception".

Investigators are warning users to be on their guard as the heroin could be harmful, as well as mood-altering.

A spokesman for the Avon and Somerset force said today: "One of the behaviour traits is violence, but there are also changes in perception and mood swings.

"We don't want to alarm people as this is something that has affected a small group of drug users.

"We believe we have seized most of it now and there is only a residue left. There have not been any arrests."

Partner health agencies in the area have been advised of the concoction.

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Interesting find.

[adzket]

the only time swim has halusinated while on h was when they where they had a cold and
where taking cold medicine which they di not know till after had dxm init. swim would like to know what was ment to be in this h.

Reputation Comments on this post:

agreed

[FuBai]

Hallucinations and violent behaviour - could be something like PCP, although seeing angel dust in the UK would be somewhat of a first. More likley a new or unusual cutting agent was used that illicted the behaviour, suggesting it may be neuro-toxic, which opiates are usualy not considered to be.

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agreed

[Panthers007]

Someone here from the UK was just asking about how to mix PCP for smoking, so...Hmmmm. Anywho - it's all speculation until a lab report can be gotten. Until then it stands as a media-fueled rumor.

[Junkhead23]

SWIM has hallucinated many times on H when SWIM first started using if large quantities were consumed. Nothing major like.

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to vauge explain

[porchy]

Isn't Weston-super-Mare in England?..

[fiveleggedrat]

Does heroin interact with k receptors in any way? Could explain this happening to one person, but not a lot.

Probably some idiot cut the heroin with an opioid with lots of K receptor activity, accounting for the hallucinations.

[adzket]

Originally Posted by fiveleggedrat

Does heroin interact with k receptors in any way? Could explain this happening to one person, but not a lot.

Probably some idiot cut the heroin with an opioid with lots of K receptor activity, accounting for the hallucinations.

swim knows some drugs have spersific receptors but does not think every substance does so wile k has effects on herion receptors one asumes that we dont specificaly have diffirent receptors for the diffirent substances just seritonin,dopermine receptors nd the like. but could not be 100% about that.

[fiveleggedrat]

To clarify, I meant the K opioid receptor. Salvia acts on the K receptor. That's why you trip balls and don't get sedated. It does not act on the other opioid receptors. Butorphanol acts on the Mu and K receptors. It produces sedation, and at high doses, some report hallucinations.

There are a few opioid receptors, and opioids affect each to a different degree. Most commonly, they affect the Mu. I believe kratom primarily plays on Delta. That's why kratom is generally less addictive and more stimulating, at least according to anecdotal evidence.

[Panthers007]

Pentazocine (Talwin in USA) is a synthetic-opiate well known for causing massive visual hallucinations. Objects appear that the person cannot distinguish from reality. Example: Trash-cans were seen spread across a highway while approaching from a vehicle. Person on pentazocine was NOT the driver - or there likely would have been an accident!

I'm sure there are others that have these effects.