Poisonous drama plays the name of a smile

Los Angeles police are suspicious of Johnny Lewis - star in the 'Sons of Arnarchy' series and suspect of killing an 81-year-old landlord and her cat before suicide on Wednesday last week (September 26). ) - used 2C-I , a 'fashionable' medicine that street players often call 'smiles' (smiles).

Although the toxin test results on Lewis body are not complete, the authorities believe that Lewis's behavior is consistent with what police found in many other cases also using drugs that strongly affect gods. this sutra.

2C-I is available in powder and pellet form, containing a chemical called phenethylamines in Mexican cactus, stimulating, hallucinogenic like psilocybin (magic mushroom) or anaerobic drug god LSD. 2C-I was first discovered by Alexander Shulgin, a pharmacist who replicated MDMA (also known as 'ecstasy') in the 1970s. In a book called 'PiHKAL: A Chemical Love Story' , Alexander Shulgin has shown the formula of drugs that he named 'family 2C' . However, these physiological effects are still a matter of challenging scientists' understanding.

2C-I usually exists as a white powder.

'There are almost no scientific papers or studies about them, even on animals,' said Professor Matthew Johnson, a pharmacist at Johns Hopkins University.

In June, the deaths of two teenagers in the East Grand Forks, North Dakota, and the United States were also linked to 2C-I, which forced police to raise their warning. Johnson said the hallucinogenic effect of the 2C group of drugs is due to brain serotonin levels - neurotransmitters similar to LSD and psilocybin (a hallucinogenic drug). However, the stimulating properties of 2C make them even more dangerous because of their ability to kill users with strokes. In addition, stimulants also cause cardiac arrhythmias that easily lead to death. Frequent side effects of 2C-I are nausea, vomiting, feeling of fear and panic.

As of July 2012, the US Drug Administration classified 2C-I as a substance to be strictly controlled, all acts of production, purchase or possession are illegal.

Reference: Lifeslittlemysteries