Two Fatal Intoxications Involving 3-Methoxyphencyclidine.
Journal of analytical toxicology July 1, 2017 Christie Mitchell-Mata, Brittany Thomas, Brianna Peterson et al.
Two deaths in Washington State involved the dissociative drug 3-methoxyphencyclidine (3-MeO-PCP), a structural analog of PCP and ketamine. Postmortem blood concentrations were 0.63 mg/L and 3.2 mg/L, higher than previously reported fatal cases. Both decedents had other drugs in their systems—methamphetamine in one, and ethanol, bupropion, delorazepam, paroxetine, and mitragynine in the other—consistent with polysubstance use seen in novel psychoactive substance intoxications. Both individuals were in drug rehabilitation facilities before death. The drug remains accessible online, drawing users for its dissociative effects.