MMB-2201 (also known as 5F-MMB-PICA, 5F-AMB-PICA, and I-AMB) is a potent

indole Indole is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound with the formula C8 H7 N. It has a bicyclic structure, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered pyrrole ring. Indole is widely distributed in the natural environmen ...

-3-carboxamide based synthetic

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, which has been sold as a

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and as an active ingredient in

synthetic cannabis Synthetic cannabinoids are a class of designer drug molecules that bind to the same receptors to which cannabinoids (THC, CBD and many others) in cannabis plants attach. These novel psychoactive substances should not be confused with synthetic ...

blends. It was first reported in Russia and Belarus in January 2014, but has since been sold in a number of other countries. In the United States, MMB-2201 was identified in

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drug seizures for the first time in 2018. MMB-2201 is the indole core analogue of

5F-AMB 5F-AMB (also known as 5F-MMB-PINACA and 5F-AMB-PINACA) is an indazole-based synthetic cannabinoid from the indazole-3-carboxamide family, which has been used as an active ingredient in synthetic cannabis products. It was first identified in Japa ...

. Synthetic cannabinoid compounds with an indole-3-carboxamide or indazole-3-carboxamide core bearing a ''N''-1-methoxycarbonyl group with attached isopropyl or ''tert''-butyl substituent, have proved to be much more dangerous than older synthetic cannabinoid compounds previously reported, and have been linked to many deaths in Russia, Japan, Europe and the United States.

Legality

MMB-2201 is illegal in Russia, Belarus and Sweden.

References

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Legality

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