TY - JOUR
AU1 - Kuropka, Patryk
AU2 - Zawadzki, Marcin
AU3 - Szpot, Paweł
AB - Forensic Toxicology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11419-023-00665-x LE T TER TO  THE   EDITOR Emerging trends in methaqualone and analogues abuse: insights from online forums 2 1,2 1,2 Patryk Kuropka  · Marcin Zawadzki  · Paweł Szpot Received: 18 March 2023 / Accepted: 26 April 2023 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Japanese Association of Forensic Toxicology 2023 Dear Editor, and due to the limited literature on the pharmacological properties and side effects of these compounds, we decided We read with great interest the recent articles by Yang et al. to investigate the popularity and experiences described in published in this journal, which describe the discovery dedicated online forums by users of these substances. We of a new, previously unknown analogue of methaqualone noted that methaqualone and its analogues are extensively (2-methyl-3-(2-methylphenyl)-4-quinazolinone)—2-meth- discussed in these forums, and among the most frequently oxyqualone (3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-4-quina- mentioned and commented threads are those featuring zolinone)—in an authentic seized product in China [1, 2]. descriptions of the effects and experiences of using these Methaqualone (commonly known as “Quaalude”), a sedative substances, advices on effective routes of administration and and analgesic drug marketed in the 1960s as a safer alterna- doses used, considerations regarding the availability of these tive to barbiturates, quickly became a popular recreational 
TI - Emerging trends in methaqualone and analogues abuse: insights from online forums
JF - Forensic Toxicology
DO - 10.1007/s11419-023-00665-x
DA - 2023-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/emerging-trends-in-methaqualone-and-analogues-abuse-insights-from-4lkBR481C8
SP - 329
EP - 331
VL - 41
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -