Acute intoxication cases related to methoxetamine consumption in Italy: clinical and toxicological evidences

According to European directives, in 2008 the Department for Antidrug Policies of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers activated the National Early Warning System aimed at monitoring new psychoactive substances and at implementing actions to prevent health consequences related to their consumption. Among new drugs registered, methoxetamine was identified in seized materials and was related to two acute intoxication cases notified by the poison control centers in Pavia and Florence