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Propylhexedrine

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Propylhexedrine is an analogue of methamphetamine, in which the phenyl ring of methamphetamine is replaced with a cyclohexyl ring making it a cyclohexylamine rather than a phenethylamine; accordingly it is known as hexahydromethamphetamine or by its full name N,a-dimethyl-cyclohexylethylamine. It is sold over-the-counter in Benzedrex brand inhalers (Smith, Kline & French promised it was "stimulant free) which in 1949 replaced the older Benzedrine inhalers which contained racemic amphetamine. Abusers will crack open the Benzedrex inhaler and either swallow the cotton whole (which is terribly unpleasant due to it being also soaked in menthol and lavender oil), soak the inhaler in a mild-moderately strong acid such as citric acid and drink the solution, or perform an acid/base extraction followed by several washes with diethyl ether to get rid of the menthol and lavender giving one crystalline propylhexedrine HCl.

He told me about Benzedrex inhalers [...] They were legal. They cost 69 cents. You could buy them or boost them all over L.A. [...] The wads [inside] were two inches long of cigarette circumference. They were soaked in an evil-smelling amber solution. I gagged one down and fought a relfex to heave it back up. It stayed down and went to work inside half an hour. The high was goooood. It was brain-popping and groin-grabbing. It was just as good as a pharmacetical-upper high.

Propylhexedrine, due to its poorer penetration of the blood-brain barrier, its higher affinity for norepinephrine (NE) compared to methamphetamine, and its highly vasoconstrictive metabolites such as norpropylhexxedrine, make it much less pleasant and more dangerous than methamphetamine itself. Indeed it was removed as a Shchedule V substance because it was viewed to have so little abuse potential. The crash is widely regarded as unpleasant and people have suffered serious escalations in blood pressure and heart rate. In the 1980's there was a rash of intravenous abuse of the substance (particularly in Texas) which lead to several cases of gangrene, hypertensive crises, strokes, and even death. There were also several homicides and suicide associated with its use.

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