MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - October 2016: According to an alert reported by the Early Warning System of Uruguay (SAT), 62 blotter paper stamps laced with 25B-NBOMe* were seized in San Jose, Uruguay, in June 2016. The SAT was introduced by the National Drug Board of Uruguay in November 2014 to detect new psychoactive substances (NPS) and their patterns of use. Since the SAT was initiated in Uruguay, there have also been alerts of emergency room cases, one of which involved the use of 25B-NBOMe.

Source: Early Warning System (SAT) of Uruguay

*25B-NBOMe has been under international control as of November 2015.

For more information, please see:
June 2016 – UNODC: NBOMe compounds and LSD discussed in first issue of SMART Information Bulletin for Latin America and the Caribbean
February 2015 – Uruguay: Early Warning System issues alerts on ketamine and 25B-NBOMe use
May 2013 - Chile: 25I-NBOMe reaches the Southern Cone