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25/05/2010 by admin.
Twenty four new psychoactive drugs were reported to the official European monitoring centre during 2009, the largest number ever reported in a single year.
All the new drugs were synthetic compounds, and included 9 cannabinoid (cannabis) like substances.
The growth in synthesised drugs, side-stepping current legal restrictions to enable fast market and internet sales of “legal highs” seems to have been the growth trend of 2009 with a reduction in MDMA in tablets sold as E’s and substitution with Piperazine mCPP like substances.
As the UK moves to legislate to cover these developments, the market will move to traditional criminal production and supply chains associated with established drug groups.
There is still no test available for any of these new drugs, making screening and detection difficult.
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14/05/2010 by admin.
Under increasing pressure from the media, the UK government has introduced an amnesty for all mephedrone suppliers of existing stock and made the drug a class B substance.
The legislation attempts to cover all possible chemical variations and compound structures, which could have allowed a legal way round the ban. Mephedrone is now an illegal substance to possess, supply or import in the UK. Standard class B legal penalties apply upon charges brought by the police.
How Mephedrone will be treated and classified by Europe and the rest of the world remains unclear. It remains a legal chemical in many countries.
There is still no instant drug test for mephedrone available, making its use, problematic to detect or monitor.
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23/03/2010 by admin.
Heard on radio 2 today that another death of a young women at the weekend was linked with Mephadrone use.
Also read online this evening at Times online that the government chief drugs advisor has indicated that Mephadrone is likely to be a class B drug when outlawed.
Mephadrone is also known as Meow Meow or Mcat
Click here to read the article at Times Online
For more info on Mephedrone and its side effect visit Talk to Frank
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17/03/2010 by admin.
After the sad news in the UK press this weekend that the death of two teenagers in Scunthorpe may be linked to Mephedrone use, the government is coming under increasing pressure to ban the drug, currently sold legally as a plant fertiliser.
Click on links below to read coverage in UK press
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258384/Schools-mephedrone-Meow-Meow-ban-teenage-deaths.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/mar/17/mephedrone-deaths-drugs-legal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/17/calls-ban-mephedrone-teenage-deaths
In fact this is not the first time that Mephedrone has been linked to deaths in UK
http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Mephedrone-death-two-held.6084152.jp
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/campaigns/mephedrone/5009551.Mephedrone_link_to_party_man___s_death/
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09/02/2010 by admin.
The use of Mephedrone 4-Methylmethcathinone seems to be on the increase with vast amounts of the drug about and costs dropping from around £15 per gram to around £3.50
Police are currently unable to do anything about it as the compound remains legal. Some is being sold by dealers as illegal, as perceptions exist that illegal is stronger and will result in a better high. Young users also percieve that the legal status does suggest less risk to their health, the argument being, if it was dangerouse they would have banned it immediately.
Using behaviour suggests binge use is growing with 3 or 7 day binges and some addictive traits. Similarities to Methylamphetamine / Methamphetamine have been made, but chemically the drug is based on compounds in khat. Currently there is no data of the chemical half life, potency of psycoactive elements or neuro-pharmacological effect.
A&E departments are starting to see attendances linkd to Mephadrone overdoses, sever anxiety, vomiting and aggressive episodes. Sleep disturbance is also reported.
Young experimental users appear drawn to Mephedrone as they do no risk breaking the law.
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03/02/2010 by admin.
Reported purity levels of many drugs sold in clubs in the UK as Ecstacy and Cocaine are as low as 2% active drug.
Young users are suspected of switching to legal high drugs like Mephedrone, as they are perceived as safer, purer and better value.
Unfortunately the risks of Mephedrone are now being documented. Particularly of concern is very young users experimenting in unsafe environments such as parks, cemeteries etc, often in combination with alcohol Most are snorting (mephedrone is unpleasant to snort~ stinging) It can also be swallowed or smoked
Reported risks & side effects of Mephedrone include behaviour changes including paranoia, aggression and anxiety, some suspicions of dependency are developing with a recognisable withdrawl picture emerging.
The research backing up the professional and legal approach to these compounds is left playing catch up. There are estimated to be over 240 compounds being promoted as legal highs, with little data available on the pharmacology or even lists of the active constituents of the majority being available to health care providers and to date no simple means of detection for the majority of new compounds.
For more information on Mephadrone visit Drugscope
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19/01/2010 by admin.
Over the last couple of months we have been asked this question repeatedly .
Initailly like many others we thought this was a mispelling of Methadone, but mephadrone is one a a group of new drugs that have hit the headlines over the last couple of months.
Mephadrone also known as ‘Meow Meow’ is a currently legal drug which gives a similar high to amphetamine & ecstacy. The drug is purchased as a white powder and is cheap and easily available to buy in the UK. The drug is also known on the streets as ‘Drone’ , ‘Bubble’ or ‘legal high’.
The UK government has been coming under increasing pressure to ban the drug. Mephadrone has been linked to several deaths including the death of a 14 year old girl in November and also to multiple hospital admissions & casualty attendances. Meow Meow has already been banned in Sweden, Finland, Norway & Israel.
Unfortunately as this is a relatively new drug we are not aware of any drug testing kit that will detect it. We will keep you updated as soon as a test becomes available.
Find out what the Sun newspaper had to say about Meow Meow today
Find out more info about Mephadrone (Meow Meow) at Telegraph newspaper online
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