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Article: Party-pill takers turn to needles; BZP use
- Article from:
- The Press
- Article date:
- April 5, 2007
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Party-pill users are putting themselves at greater risk by
injecting benzylpiperazine (BZP).
The safety of the main active ingredient in party pills, BZP, has
been under scrutiny from the Government, which is deliberating
whether to make the drug illegal.
Christchurch Hospital emergency medicine specialist Paul Gee said
he had treated at least three patients in the past year for using BZP
intravenously.
"We have had a couple of them have seizures following it," he
said.
He said the toxic side-effects of using BZP intravenously were
potentially far greater.
"You're getting a much higher more concentrated dose of the drug
hitting the brain at a much quicker rate. Rather than having it ...