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Dimethoxyamphetamine

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Formula
  
C11H17NO2

Molar mass
  
195.26 g/mol

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DMA, or dimethoxyamphetamine, is a series of lesser-known psychedelic drugs similar in structure to amphetamine and to trimethoxyamphetamine (TMA). They were first collectively charictarized by Alexander Shulgin in his book PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved). Little is known about their dangers or toxicity.

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2,4-DMA

  • Dosage: 60 mg or greater
  • Duration: "Probably short."
  • Effects: stimulative, amphetamine-like effects

    • 2,5-DMA

    2,5-DMA is the alpha-methyl homologue of 2C-H and could be called "DOH" under the DO naming scheme.

  • CAS Number: 2801-68-5
  • Dosage: 80–160 mg
  • Duration: 6–8 hours
  • Effects: Mydriasis, increase in heart rate
  • History: 2,5-DMA was first synthesized in Tuckahoe, New York by Richard Baltzly and Johannes S. Buck in 1939.

    • 3,4-DMA

  • Dosage: 160 milligrams orally
  • Duration: unknown
  • Effects: Mescaline-like visuals
  • History: Experiments on psychiatric patients who were given 3,4-DMA at dosages of 70 mg to 700 mg by IV injection took place at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and other places in the early 1960s and were carried out by the U.S. Army's chemical warfare group while researching many potentially weaponizable drugs probably as part of the Edgewood Arsenal experiments. The Edgewood Arsenal code name for 3,4-DMA was EA-1316.

    • Note that two other positional isomers of dimethoxyamphetamine, 2,6-DMA and 3,5-DMA, have also been made, but these drugs have not been tested in humans and their effects are unknown. However, it is likely that these compounds would also produce amphetamine-like stimulation or possibly hallucinogenic effects.

    3,4-DMA has known use as a precursor in the synthesis of dimoxyline.

    United States

    2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine is listed as a Scheduled I controlled substance at the federal level in the United States and is therefore illegal to buy, possess, and sell. 2,4-dimethoxyamphetamine, 2,6-dimethoxyamphetamine, 3,4-dimethoxyamphetamine, and 3,5-dimethoxyamphetamine are each position isomers of 2,5-dimethoxyamphetamine, they are therefore all Schedule I controlled substances as well.

    Australia

    DMA is considered a Schedule 9 prohibited substance in Australia under the Poisons Standard (October 2015). A Schedule 9 substance is a substance which may be abused or misused, the manufacture, possession, sale or use of which should be prohibited by law except when required for medical or scientific research, or for analytical, teaching or training purposes with approval of Commonwealth and/or State or Territory Health Authorities.

    Australia

    DMA is considered a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975

    References

    Dimethoxyamphetamine Wikipedia
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