“N-bomb” or “Smiles” drug not bringing happiness to users
A new powerful designer drug called NBOMe “Smiles,” “N-bomb,” or “25i” is being marketed to teens and is gaining in popularity. It is being marketed as “legal LSD” – causing many teens to believe that it is safe.
Recently in Massachusetts, police put out a warning after finding it in their city and last month, a woman was indicted in federal court after selling the drug to a teenager who overdosed. The mother of the teen discussed how after just one hit of “smiles” her 14-year-old daughter, Emily, died. She said she had, “not heard of it until two or three days after we were in the hospital. But Emily had and it was easy for her to get.” (boston.cbslocal.com) Emily bought the drug from an even younger teen at a playground just by their house.
Cbs.com reports that “smiles” is just one of an ever growing number of synthetic drugs marketed to teenagers. It comes in small tabs with cartoons or colorful pictures on them and, even more dangerous, it sells for less than $5 per hit.
ER doctors are seeing deadly results of the drug.
This lethal drug is still legal in Massachusetts and other states, which again makes teens think it is “ok” to try. Many are fighting to quickly put smiles’ legality to an end and hopefully that will occur soon where it remains legal.
Heavy.com cites 10 important things to know about N-bomb:
- N-bomb could be the deadliest drug to date
- It’s derived from Mescaline- according to Yahoo! News: its “derived from mescaline, which occurs naturally in peyote cactus. The technical name of the substance is phenethylamine. The substance isn’t technically illegal because it is made from two banned parent drugs.”
- It is administered just like LSD
- It was discovered in 2003 and emerged in 2010 online as a designer drug
- It has other street names: “Smiles” and “25i”
- It can have similar effects to bath salts: confusion, difficulties, communicating, paranoia, seizures, and death
- Deaths have been reported in North Dakota, Virginia, Louisiana, Arizona, and Massachusetts
- N-Bomb can cause long term damage-kidney disorders and long term psychiatric/mental disorders
- Some states have classified N-bomb as a schedule 1 controlled substance
- Federal agents have taken notice of the drug.
Sources: Yahoo! news, boston.cbslocal.com, heavy.com