MAPS: IT-290

[Ezekial Garrockas <zeek@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >I am trying to find out any information about a drug called IT-290.  It
is >>being sold in the rave sceene as ecstacy but it is clearly not. I
heard it >>was mescaline, I heard it was the newest designer drug on the
market, being >>tested out on kids. What ever it is, its no good. It
leaves you hurting and >>tripping for about 24 hours. If you guys have any
info, please e-mail
 me >>with it at- [address removed] thank you! 

>So it seems that now AMT has joined the ranks of fake ecstasy drugs. I
>certainly hope this was an isolated incident - imagine expecting a nice
3-5 >hour loving MDMA trip, and instead getting a wild 18 hour tryptamine
ride! Ack!  >This report came from Colorado, by the way... 

About two to three years ago, alpha-methyltryptamine (IT290) became very
popular in the Boulder/Denver area. Several pounds worth was distributed
under the name IT290 or AMT, but I never heard of anyone getting it under
the assumption that it was MDMA or an analog. From what I remember, it was
being called

Anti-Standamine by a large group of Boulder users due to it's proclivity
towards gently urging the user to lie on the ground. Anyway, when I left
the area (almost two years ago) it was gaining popularity as a mixer drug,
used to "enhance" the MDMA and LSD experience. It certainly would come as
no surprise, however, that some unscrupulous raver may be touting it as
"X." 


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