The unique geographical
location of Bulgaria translates the country into a character echo of all
dynamic changes in different aspects of human`s physical and spiritual
existence at European and national level. In this respect the drug market in Bulgaria is not
an exception. The picture of drug use is getting more varied which involves
more efforts on monitoring and more flexibility in our responses to the
advancing changes in all aspects of the drug situation including the emerging
new psychoactive substances.
By means of Early
Warning System the following new synthetic psychoactive substances have been
registered in our country– chorophenylpiperazine (CPP) and 5-metoxy-dimethyl-tryptamine
(5-MeO-DMT).
In reference to CPP
and its toxicity little is known about its long-term and short-term effects. Usually, it is sold as ecstasy tablets with
different logo, street names, colour and shape: X4’ (Netherlands, Sweden),
‘duhovka’ (Hungary, Czeck Republic),
‘аrlequin’ (France),
‘rainbow’ (Slovenia), Rolls
Royce’, ‘smarties’ (Switzerland).
5-metoxy-dimethyl-tryptamine
is a synthetic tryptamine with short lasting effect, structurally related to
the 1971 OON Convention controlled dimethyltryptamine (DMT). The substance is a
psychedelic drug found naturally in many plants and excreted by some toads. 5-MeO-DMT
is submitted under control measures in Denmark,
Germany, Sweden and Great Britain.
“Synthetic cocaine” or “synthetics”
is the street name of the other chemical substance named “piko”, an amphetamine
which “erases” memory and the users cannot remember what they had been doing
for 5-6 hours after ingestion.
A breath of exotic
has been noticed in cannabis patterns of use. School students in Bulgaria
seem to rediscover world well-known cookery practice with psychoactive plants. Part of their menu
is milk boiled with cannabis sweeten with sugar or honey and cannabis
sandwiches
In certain towns in
Bulgaria
a use of “Bong” has been noticed in its two types, Dry Bong and Wet Bong, prepared
with water or vodka.
Preferably with
vodka!