13.5 Where are the synthesis instructions for illegal drugs?
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This article is from the Chemistry FAQ, by Bruce Hamilton B.Hamilton@irl.cri.nz with numerous contributions by others.
13.5 Where are the synthesis instructions for illegal drugs?
By asking the question in sci.chem, you already have signalled your level
of knowledge of illicit chemistry discussions on Usenet. You should be in
alt.drugs.* hierarchy and perhaps other groups in section 13.1 :-).
For the short answer, refer to Merck, Heilbron or Beilstein, they will
provide references to the original synthesis papers. Note that large scale
production techniques often use procedures that were developed later, and
street procedures often are significantly different, usually due to
financial, equipment, or chemical feedstock constraints.
For the long answers, see the "alt.drugs Clandestine Chemistry Primer/FAQ"
by Yogi Shan (yshan@nortel.ca), and visit some sites listed in the Network
Resources FAQ available in alt.drugs. For a fairly comprehensive overview,
( but no warranty implied for info available there ), you could start at:
http://hyperreal.com/drugs/
An interesting article on the link between methylenedioxymethamphetamine
( MDMA, ecstasy, XTC, Adam ) illegal synthesis and the sassafras tree is
available [1].
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