Ethylbromazolam – The New Global Benzodiazepine
Ethylbromazolam – The New Global Benzodiazepine
On 17 January, the Welsh drug testing service WEDINOS received a sample of what was purchased off the illegal market as diazepam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed on the legal market. However, drug testing detected instead a novel benzodiazepine inside it: ethylbromazolam. This is, to our knowledge, was the first ever detection of this drug on the illegal benzodiazepine market.
This would not be the last time it was tested from samples originating from across the UK; since January, there’s been a steady increase in its detection, with 26 samples of the substance found in May alone. Its appearance is not solely a British specific phenomena: in February, it was found in Canada mixed with fentanyl; soon after, it was found in Australia, New Zealand and the US. Ethylbromazolam seems to be well inserted in the global benzo market. (Talking Drugs, UK, 16.07.2025)
https://www.talkingdrugs.org/ethylbromazolam-the-new-global-benzodiazepine