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N-Bomb terror lurking on Pilbara mine

A WORKPLACE drug testing company has warned new drugs are making their way into the Australian workplace, after the psychoactive compound NBOMe was detected on a worker at a Pilbara iron-ore mine site.

Karma Barndon
Andrew Liebie at work.

Andrew Liebie at work.

The designer drug – also called N-Bomb – can cause severe hallucinations and erratic behaviour among users, as well as major cardiac symptoms, nausea and vomiting. Safework Laboratories national marketing...

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