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Article: BZP pills 'sold as ecstasy'
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- The Press
- Article date:
- May 29, 2008
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Drug dealers are passing now- illegal BZP pills off as ecstasy to
unsuspecting casual users, police and substance experts say.
Drug researcher Chris Wilkins has published a report cataloguing
Kiwis' use of substances over eight years.
Wilkins said that during his research he heard of cases where BZP
had been sold as ecstasy.
To those with little or no experience with drugs, BZP could have
similar but minimised effects.
This meant drug pushers could sell the illegal but low- cost BZP
for higher prices. Tests by laboratories had confirmed several drugs
bought as ecstasy were BZP, Wilkins said.
Police say one tablet of ecstasy costs between $40 and $80,
depending on its quality and where ...