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BURUNDANGA [1 record]

Record 1 2021-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Datura extracts or pure scopolamine have been mixed with tranquilizers(benzodiazepines and phenothiazines) and they have been known as the "new burundanga. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

En fait, 80 % de l'intoxication […] correspond à […] la «nouvelle burundanga» (une combinaison de scopolamine et dépresseurs du système nerveux central).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

Es conocido además [el] uso [de la escopolamina] en asociación con tranquilizantes como las benzodiacepinas o fenotiacinas, incorporadas para disminuir la excitación psicomotriz de las víctimas. Esta asociación [...] se conoce como "nueva burundanga".

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