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4-MTA
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Flatliners
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Stimulant
CHEMICAL NAME
4-methylthioamphetamine
DESCRIPTION
4-MTA is a long-lasting synthetic stimulant and serotonin agonist. It is very uncommon, and best known for causing a number of deaths in Europe in the late 1990s.