A new designer drug is getting a lot of attention after a mass overdose took place at a spring break party in Minnesota. The drug’s name is 2C-E, and the effects caused by the drug can be compared to LSD but much more intense.
2 C-E, like many of the designer drugs, is particularly hazardous for young users. The drug can still be obtained “legally” off of the internet, which leads some users to believe that it's safe. 2C-E is a stimulant and hallucinogen, and it has a slow-onset of action that has an unanticipated effect on new users. They will take a certain amount and not feel any effect, so they take another dose. This is the exact process that leads to harmful, even fatal, overdoses such as last week's tragic incident in Minnesota.
Police say that a group of young adults were experimenting with the drug 2C-E while partying over the spring break week. At least 11 of these individuals began to overdose on the drug and one young man, 19-year-old Trevor Robinson died.The 2 C-E was obtained over the internet, where it was illegally brought into the country.
“Because 2C-E can be obtained over the internet, people are misled into thinking that the drug is harmless,” says Derry Hallmark, Senior Director for Expansion for Narconon Arrowhead. “The drug is not harmless, and as a matter of fact, 2C-E is amongst a class of drugs called phenthylamine which cause intense hallucinations.”
Narconon Arrowhead, one of the largest and most successful treatment centers in the world, specializes in treating LSD and other hallucinogen addictions, and with over a 70% success rate at treating addiction is very effective in doing so.
“Drugs like 2C-E and LSD can warp your mind when abused over a long period of time,” explains Hallmark, “when using these drugs reality can become distorted and an individual may not realize they even have a problem.”
“The family and loved ones of these individuals must step in and intervene in any way possible before it is too late,” adds Hallmark.
For more information on 2C-E or the Narconon program contact Narconon Arrowhead at 1-800-468-6933 or log onto www.heroinaddiction.com.