Rat poison: in what medicines is added and for what purpose?

The doctor Carlos Damín, Head of the Toxicology Department of Fernández Hospital and President of Fundartox, told Field of application What "It is unlikely that an ecstasy tablet is adulterated with rat poison, which belongs to the superwarfaric chemical group and produces a very slow and long-lasting death."

In the case of Ecstasy or MDMA, the most common adulteresses both in the country and in Spain "These are those of the group of cathinones, which are more than 20, have an effect similar to that of ecstasy, but can produce many more serious images at the time of consumption". This aggregate must be incorporated by the same producer who sits on the tablet and uses it as these substances "They produce a similar effect, but at a lower cost."

Different, according to Damín, is to adulterate a powder like cocaine. "In this case, rat poison which is also a white powder is used to generate more volume because the drug is sold by weight.In contrast, a tablet like ecstasy will not be worth more or less to be bigger or smaller. "

For his part, the doctor Sergio Saracco, medical toxicologist and director of the Observatory of Public Health and Consumer Problems of the National University of Cuyo explained that "Rodenticides do not produce hyperthermia, which is one of the expected effects of ecstasy.It always depends on the amount of drug ingested, the hydration of the person who consumes it and genetic problems. " He explained that poison for rats is an anticoagulant that has nothing to do with this image.

Finally, the doctor Eduardo Kalina, Master in Addiction and Graduate Course Professor in Addiction at the University of El Salvador, has "Since 2017, the United States has started using a poison for rats with anticoagulant effects, called brodificaum, in addition to the so-called synthetic cannabinoids, including Black Mamba, K2 and Spice."

"They promote this poison as an aggregate for" a different experience ", which the addict pursues since he's attracted to dangerous products, to the point of becoming a guinea pig with which he's experiencing. it is the attachments that cause the most deaths and release constantly versions of these drugs, which are particularly dangerous when they are mixed with alcohol, "he concluded.