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In late June 2007, BZP was classed as a Class C drug in New Zealand and its availability was banned by a law passed on 13 March 2008, with a six-month amnesty period. It was not long before BZP-free alternatives appeared. Despite this, the ingredients used in the new products lacked the potency of
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is banned in several countries, including the USA, Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, but is available on a more or less restricted basis in many jurisdictions. A range of other piperazine derivatives have also been sold as ingredients in party pills, and many of these branded
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have been made illegal, there is now increasing commercial interest in piperazine-free "party pills" which are purported to produce similar effects with ingredients that will circumvent the ban. Common active ingredients (among many others) include
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New Zealand has classified BZP-based party pills as a "Restricted Substance" by the Misuse of Drugs Act and restricted to those over 18 years. For more on the legal issues posed by party pills, see
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the BZP based pills. This subsequently led to a decline in the popularity of party pills.
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headaches. These piperazines are usually mixed with other ingredients such as
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has rarely been sold as a party pill ingredient due to its tendency to cause
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Party pills and their legal status are often in the news.
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Index


colloquialism
recreational drug
benzylpiperazine
BZP
BZP
TFMPP
MeOPP
pFPP
mCPP
migraine
caffeine
5-HTP
Oxedrine
Camellia sinensis
New Zealand
piperazines
caffeine
theobromine
stimulant
alkaloids
octopamine
Nymphaea caerulea
LSD
psychedelic
lysergic acid amide
passionflower
sedative
monoamine oxidase inhibitors
Citrus aurantium

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