Trimbos Issues Red Alert on Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Pills With Potentially Fatal PMMA
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Trimbos Issues Red Alert on Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Pills With Potentially Fatal PMMA
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 29
Summary
The Dutch Trimbos Institute warned people not to take Trump-shaped ecstasy pills after tests found a high concentration of PMMA, prompting a rare “red alert.”
PMMA acts more slowly than MDMA, the institute said, which can lead users to take extra pills before the first dose hits and raise the risk of overdose.
No overdoses or deaths linked to these pills have been reported so far, spokesperson Anniek Groothuis told AP, and no victims with PMMA in their blood are known.
The pills—bearing Trump’s face on one side and “Trump” with “NL” on the other—were recently handed in at Dutch drug-testing centers.
Similar Trump-branded ecstasy pills were seized in Germany in 2017 and Indiana in 2018, underscoring a recurring design in the illegal drug market.