NALT

Preferred term

designer drugs

Chemical

Drugs designed and synthesized, often for illegal street use, by modification of existing drug structures (e.g., amphetamines). Of special interest are MPTP (a reverse ester of meperidine), MDA (3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine), and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). Many drugs act on the aminergic system, the physiologically active biogenic amines.

drugs

customized drugs

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

81055

Spanish

drogas de diseño

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/305978

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Created 7/31/17, last modified 11/10/17