Converted, or “designer” drugs – synthetic substances obtained by a slight change in the chemical structure of an already known drug. If the drug retains its ability to act on the receptors, it will still have the desired effect, but it will not be prohibited by law. In other words, a specialist chemist can slightly change the heroin molecule and get a new drug with the same properties. And to pursue the spread of this new compound will be impossible under the law. (However, in 1986, a law was passed in the United States that changed this state of affairs.) Converted drugs reduce the risk of selling them, but not when they are used.

Not so long ago in California, an underground chemical laboratory began producing converted heroin, the so-called MRRR. Due to improper manufacturing technology,instead of heroin MPPP, the toxic substance MPMP was obtained. It turned out after several young drug addicts were hospitalized with complete paralysis. At first, the cause of this epidemic of paralysis was a complete mystery. The symptoms strongly resembled Parkinson’s disease. But only older people are affected. Solve the problem helped the ingenious guess of a doctor named William Langston. He used the drug L-DOPA to treat paralyzed drug addicts. Its use has returned patients at least the ability to talk. After that it turned out that they were the victims of the unfortunate altered heroin.But only older people are affected. Solve the problem helped the ingenious guess of a doctor named William Langston. He used the drug L-DOPA to treat paralyzed drug addicts. Its use has returned patients at least the ability to talk. After that it turned out that they were the victims of the unfortunate altered heroin.But this disease affects only older people. Solve the problem helped the ingenious guess of a doctor named William Langston. He used the drug L-DOPA to treat paralyzed drug addicts. Its use has returned patients at least the ability to talk. After that it turned out that they were the victims of the unfortunate altered heroin.

Studies have shown that MRTR acts selectively, and the main substance of its impact is the black substance. It causes its rapid destruction, and this loss is almost irretrievable. However, the treatment of victims of MRTR showed that the L-DOPA preparation is able to restore some of the black substance cells.
It is necessary to remember two important circumstances. Firstly, the great danger associated with the use of recast drugs is obvious. Since they are not tested on animals and not investigated in the laboratories of medical centers, the person using them is at great risk. Secondly, there may be no obvious symptoms of brain damage. Many people who have taken MRTR only once or twice in their lives do not have any symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. However, the partial destruction of the black substance probably happened. In the process of aging of the body, its cells will collapse further, and this increases the risk that such people will pay for Parkinson’s disease with a single dose of MRTP.