Bromazolam started popping up in crime labs in the last month, according to our source at HIDTA. Bromazolam (also known by the name XLI-268) was first synthesized in 1976, but it was never marketed. This is how most Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) come to the market. It is often referred to as patent piracy. A chemist in China will find the drug in old research papers and then manufacture it in China and sell it on the open web. This skirts the United States Controlled Substances Act and there are no criminal penalties for those in possession of the drug. The formal name for this new drug is 8-bromo-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4]benzodiazepine.
Bromazolam’s Availability, Cost and Dosage Unit
Bromazolam can be found for sale on the indexed web (do a google search for Bromazolam). Cayman chemical is a notorious supplier of NPS’s and they also sell this new drug. The drug comes in a crystalline solid (similar to what methamphetamine looks like) and is stable for about 2 years. 1 mg can cost about $65.
A number of drug users follow our site. We do not advocate you using drugs. Information on dosage units is meant for law enforcement to better understand the drug and is not meant as a guide for you to use it. With that said, users of the drug are reporting a common dosage unit of 1-3 mg. A strong dose would be 3-5 mg. The duration of effects will be 15-45 minutes for the onset, 5-8 hours for the duration and after effects for 1-12 hours. This makes it a long lasting drug. Bromazolam is habit forming.
Signs and Symptoms of Bromazolam Intoxication
This drug is a CNS Depressant. This means that people under the influence of the drug will exhibit signs and symptoms consistent with CNS Depressant influence. For those trained in DRE/DAR, you can expect to see the following signs and symptoms.
