Editing 2C-B (section)

===Recreational===
[[File:4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine.jpg|1000mg of 2C-B|thumb|right]]

2C-B became briefly popular in the United States as substitute for the street drug [[MDMA|ecstasy]] (MDMA) when the latter became illegal in 1985.<ref name=Colombia>{{cite news | vauthors = Pachico E |title=2CB Now Drug of Choice for Colombia Elite|url=http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/2c-b-now-drug-of-choice-for-colombia-elite|access-date=11 February 2013|newspaper=InSight Crime|date=1 November 2012}}</ref> Many 2C-B users are young adults who attend [[rave]]s.<ref name="DEA - Evaluation Section" /> Although 2C-B is still used in the rave subculture (commonly mistaken for and/or sold as ecstasy), more knowledgeable use has become more widespread in the 2000s.<ref name="Gahlinger book">{{cite book| vauthors = Gahlinger P |title=Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse|year=2004|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9780452285057|pages=343–344|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPszgXPVQAsC&pg=PT463}}</ref>