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>PCPriest Just made minor adjustments to a paragraph to more accurately It before said: "Recreational use of efavirenz for its hallucinogenic and dissociative effects has been reported in South Africa. The tablets are crushed and smoked in a mixture known as "whoonga" or "nyaope". " I changed it slightly to say: "Recreational use of efavirenz for its hallucinogenic and dissociative effects has been reported in South Africa. The tablets are reportedly crushed and smoked in a mixture known as whoonga... |
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Efavirenz was approved for medical use in the United States in 1998.{{citation needed}} It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.<ref>{{cite web|title=WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (19th List)|url=http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML_2015_FINAL_amended_NOV2015.pdf?ua=1|work=World Health Organization|accessdate=8 December 2016|date=April 2015|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213052708/http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML_2015_FINAL_amended_NOV2015.pdf?ua=1|archivedate=13 December 2016|df=}}</ref> | Efavirenz was approved for medical use in the United States in 1998.{{citation needed}} It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.<ref>{{cite web|title=WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (19th List)|url=http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML_2015_FINAL_amended_NOV2015.pdf?ua=1|work=World Health Organization|accessdate=8 December 2016|date=April 2015|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213052708/http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/EML_2015_FINAL_amended_NOV2015.pdf?ua=1|archivedate=13 December 2016|df=}}</ref> | ||
Recreational use of efavirenz for its hallucinogenic and dissociative effects has been reported in South Africa. The tablets are crushed and smoked in a mixture known as | Recreational use of efavirenz for its hallucinogenic and dissociative effects has been reported in South Africa. The tablets are reportedly crushed and smoked in a mixture known as "whoonga" , "nyaope" , and "wonga". Although current analyses of retained samples have yet to confirm the presence efavirenz in the mixture. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7768059.stm Getting high on HIV drugs in S Africa. BBC News, 8 December 2008.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209053431/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7768059.stm |date=9 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7227982&page=1 'No Turning Back': Teens Abuse HIV Drugs. ABC News, April 6, 2009.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408041457/http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7227982&page=1 |date=April 8, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7BCi5ax7jk Getting High On HIV Medication] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411153925/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7BCi5ax7jk |date=2014-04-11 }} Vice 7.04.2014.</ref> | ||
==Chemistry== | ==Chemistry== | ||