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PMA

Paramethoxyamphetamines (PMA) - also known as  4-methoxyamphetamine, PMA, red Mitsubishi, red death, red killer.

ACON - AIDS Council of NSW

Important drug warning – PMA alert
Media Release. February 2007

Warning about new party drug in Sydney
Media Release. 28 September 2004

Belgian Information Reitox Network
Early Warning Systems on Drugs at Public Health Level in Belgium
2002

Caldicott, David G. E., et al.
Dancing with "Death": P-Methoxyamphetamine Overdose and Its Acute management (2.8Mb PDF)
2003

DanceSafe
PMA Warning - FAQ

Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)

  1. A Rapid and Simple GC/MS Screening Method for 4-Methoxyphenol in Illicitly Prepared 4-Methoxyamphetamine (PMA)
    An article by Dieter Waumans, Noël Bruneel, Bas Hermans, Jan Tytgat

Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)

  1. Death and paramethoxyamphetamine — an evolving problem
    Cases about fatalaties from using paramethoxyamphetamines (PMA). 2002
  2. Poisoning with the recreational drug paramethoxyamphetamine ("death")
    An article that describes the clinical features of paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA; "death") poisoning and compares with self-reported "ecstasy" poisoning. 2001

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
PMA: Factsheet

Australian Drug Trends 2005
Findings from the Illicit Drug Reporting System (IDRS)

Australian Trends In Ecstasy And Related Drug Markets 2005

Findings from the Party Drugs Initiative (PDI)

 

Victorian Government
Inquiry into Amphetamine and ‘Party Drug’ Use in Victoria – Final Report. May 2004

Para-methoxy-amphetamine
Includes information about effects on health, dosage, legalities, the chemistry of the drug and so on.

Recent paramethoxyamphetamine deaths
Cases of death from using paramethoxyamphetamine. 1998

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