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Drug Testing and AnalysisEarly View CASE REPORT An intoxication involving 2-methyl AP-237 and AP-238 from Victoria, Australia: Case report Jacqueline Maplesden, Jacqueline Maplesden Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorShaun Greene, Corresponding Author Shaun Greene [email protected] Department of Emergency Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Correspondence Shaun Greene, Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorRebekka Syrjanen, Rebekka Syrjanen Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorMatthew Di Rago, Matthew Di Rago Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorJennifer Schumann, Jennifer Schumann Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Monash Addiction Research Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author Jacqueline Maplesden, Jacqueline Maplesden Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorShaun Greene, Corresponding Author Shaun Greene [email protected] Department of Emergency Medicine, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Correspondence Shaun Greene, Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorRebekka Syrjanen, Rebekka Syrjanen Victorian Poisons Information Centre, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorMatthew Di Rago, Matthew Di Rago Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this authorJennifer Schumann, Jennifer Schumann Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Monash Addiction Research Centre, Melbourne, AustraliaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 30 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/dta.3524 Funding information: This project was funded by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and a National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grant (APP 2001107). 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