Designer drugs pose a severe public danger after hospitalisation of six

The hospitalisation of six people after allegedly taking 2C-B is a prime example of the potential dangers of consuming a so-called designer drug.

It is one member of the 2-C family of synthetic (manmade) phenethylamines, many of which are reported to induce hallucinations in addition to other effects on the body.

The drug is closely related to mescaline, a natural drug produced by several cacti, including the Peyote cactus.