Dietary supplements CBD •
Cannabidiol (CBD) is often cut with
synthetic cannabinoids.
Street drugs Depressants Heroin Heroin is commonly cut with
quinine,
caffeine,
dimethocaine,
lidocaine,
procaine,
lactose,
inositol,
dextrose,
mannitol, and
starch. Other
opioids are sometimes sold as heroin or cut with heroin. Fentanyl sold as or laced into heroin has made the news in the past due to the numerous fatalities it causes when it appears on the market. Recently, Fentanyl and close analogues have been produced in pure powder form for very cheap. Dealers may cut with or sell heroin with Fentanyl due to the street cost of Fentanyl versus the cost of heroin. The potency of such mixtures (especially if made carelessly) can be far above that of pure heroin, and users frequently overdose due to this.
Gray death is a street drug in the United States. Samples have been found to contain the designer drug
U-47700,
heroin and
opioids including
fentanyl and
carfentanil.
α-Methylfentanyl In 1976,
α-Methylfentanyl ("China White") began to appear mixed with heroin, as an additive, and the mixture was sometimes also called "China White". It was first identified in the bodies of two drug overdose victims in
Orange County, California, in December 1979, who appeared to have died from opiate overdose but tested negative for any known drugs of this type. Over the next year, there were 13 more deaths, and eventually the responsible agent was identified as α-methylfentanyl.
Stimulants Stimulants are drugs that speed or give a mental boost to the consumer.
Cocaine Black cocaine, and
cocaine paste, are impure forms of cocaine. The most common cocaine adulterants found in 1998 in samples in
Rome,
Italy were
lidocaine and
caffeine.
Cocaine is sometimes mixed with
methylamphetamine,
methylphenidate, and
ephedrine, but is usually mixed with non psychoactive chemicals such as
mannitol,
inositol,
pectin,
glucose,
lactose,
saccharin, white rice flour, and
maltodextrin. Other of
agranulocytosis, including 2 deaths, according to an alert from the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The emergence of
fentanyl-laced cocaine has led to an increase in cocaine overdose fatalities in New York City.
Methamphetamine MSM is sometimes used as a cutting agent for illicitly manufactured
methamphetamine.
Psychedelics Cannabis Cannabis products that are laced are usually laced with synthetic cannabinoids: • Counterfeit cannabis-liquid (c-liquid) for
e-cigarettes: Synthetic cannabinoids are increasingly offered in e-cigarette form as "c-liquid". • Counterfeit
cannabis buds: Hemp buds (or low-potency cannabis buds) laced with synthetic cannabinoids. • Counterfeit
cannabis edible: The Florida Poison Information Center in Jacksonville warned parents in September 2020 that the number of people poisoned by fake marijuana edibles and candies has tripled. • Counterfeit
hash oil: Several school kids in Greater Manchester collapsed after vaping synthetic cannabinoids mis-sold as THC vape. • Counterfeit
hashish: In 2020 counterfeit
hashish were found to contain
4F-MDMB-BINACA and
5F-MDMB-PINACA (5F-ADB). Less common psychoactive substances used to adulterate cannabis: • Erectile dysfunction drugs: In the Netherlands two chemical
analogs of
sildenafil (
Viagra) were found in adulterated
marijuana. •
Methamphetamine: psychiatrist Dr Bill MacEwan believes that drug dealers in British Columbia are intentionally lacing cannabis with methamphetamine to make it more addictive. He had some psychiatric patients that claimed they only smoked
pot but their drug tests were positive for methamphetamine use. However, it is not always done surreptitiously. Dealers who do so often (but not always) advertise their wares as being "enhanced" with other substances, and charge more money than they would otherwise, even if they do not say exactly what the lacing agents are. Such concoctions are often called "fry", "wet", "illy", "sherm", "water-water", "dust(ed)", "super weed", "grecodine" or other names. Weight cutting agents: • Binding substances: Sometimes cannabis is adulterated with other binding substances including industrial glues such as
neoprene,
tar,
ammonia,
bitumen, petroleum-derived
hydrocarbons, dog food or even human or animal excrement. to make it cheaper, thus being of poorer quality. • Sand, sugar, brix fertilizers, hair spray, fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides. • Microscopic
glass beads: Cannabis buds was found to be contaminated with glass beads in 2007, known as
gris weed. •
Lead: In 2008, 30 German teenagers were hospitalized after the marijuana which they smoked was found to have been contaminated with lead, which was added in order to increase its weight. •
Shoe polish: Hash has been cut with shoe polish. •
Vitamin E acetate: Although harmless when used orally, high levels of the substance cause
vaping-associated pulmonary injury when inhaled.
Ecstasy Black market
ecstasy pills are frequently found to contain other drugs in place of or in addition to
methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Since the slang term "ecstasy" usually refers only to MDMA, any pill which contains other compounds may be considered adulterated.
3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA),
methylenedioxyethamphetamine (MDEA),
amphetamine,
methylamphetamine,
benzylpiperazine (BZP),
trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine (TFMPP),
caffeine,
ephedrine,
pseudoephedrine, and
dextromethorphan (DXM) are all commonly found in pills being sold as ecstasy. Less common drugs in ecstasy include
diphenhydramine,
acetaminophen,
5-MeO-DiPT,
2C-B,
procaine, and
phencyclidine (PCP). Ecstasy pills sometimes contain
dimethylamylamine to increase its stimulant effects. Ecstasy pills might also contain a low dose of
2C-I to potentiate its euphoric effects. Pharmaceutical pills are sometimes sold as ecstasy, as well as pills that contain no psychoactive chemicals at all. Ecstasy sometimes contains 10 mg to 20 mg of
baclofen to reduce overheating caused by ecstasy.
para-Methoxyamphetamine (PMA or "Dr. Death", a drug that causes so much overheating that it can kill within 40 minutes) is sometimes sold as ecstasy. There is one published case of an ecstasy tablet being adulterated with 8 mg of
strychnine, a toxic
alkaloid which was used in very low doses (less than 1 mg) as a stimulant and
performance-enhancing drug in the past. Recently, several groups advocating for drug safety through education have made reagent testing products available to confirm what substances there are.
LSD LSD is virtually never laced with other chemicals, but other
lysergamides such as
ALD-52 are sometimes sold as LSD-25.
DOB,
DOI, and other closely related drugs are sometimes sold as LSD. Several other highly potent hallucinogens such as
Bromo-DragonFLY or
25I-NBOMe can be found in the form of blotters.
LSD is also tasteless in normal dosages, so detection is only possible after ingestion or reagent testing. For these reasons, it is not uncommon to find blotters sold as
LSD completely devoid of psychoactive substances.
Prescription medication As the sources of prescription medication on the street are not verifiable through legitimate channels, misrepresentation of prescription medications is a common practice. ==Deaths==