Overview
- The Trimbos Institute alerted the public after drug‑checking centers in the DIMS network submitted Trump‑shaped tablets that tested positive for high concentrations of PMMA.
- Trimbos says there are no confirmed serious illnesses or deaths tied to these specific pills so far, according to spokesperson Anniek Groothuis.
- The tablets are molded with a depiction of President Donald Trump on one side and a score line stamped with “NL” and “Trump” on the other, and they appear in several colors.
- PMMA acts more slowly than MDMA, which can lead users to take extra doses before feeling effects and increase risks of overheating, seizures and overdose.
- Trimbos and harm‑reduction services urge people not to use these pills, to bring any samples to DIMS testing centers, and to seek emergency medical help for severe symptoms; the alert follows past instances of novelty‑branded ecstasy such as a 2017 German seizure.