Sentences with word «mephedrone»

Nutt, who was later sacked over his outspoken opposition to official policy on ecstasy, claims this ban is partly responsible for the rise of mephedrone in the UK.

Fearing it would affect army conscripts, the government there banned mephedrone later that year.

Earlier this month, the governor signed a bill introduced by state Assemblyman Ed Braunstein (D - Bayside) that categorized the stimulant 4 - Methylmethcathinone — also known as Mephedrone,?

Chris Grayling and Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Brokenshire are actually hosting a long - arranged summit on drugs like mephedrone later today.

And even if the UK ban on mephedrone works, it won't be long before an alternative comes along.

«What we are seeing with mephedrone is an example of the coming - of - age of the internet in terms of disseminating awareness about a drug and as a method of supply and distribution,» says Martin Barnes, chief executive of UK drugs charity Drugscope and a member of the ACMD.

The decision to ban mephedrone in 2010 was also controversial, with one member of the ACMD resigning over the issue.

Sl0thp0pe weighs in with the pharmacist's take: «Definitely more than just mephedrone for Soulsborne addicts - although I'm starting to worry about what I might do to get From Software to finish their next game.

Indeed, in the last five years, piperazine derivatives such as BZP and CPP, synthetic cannabinoids including «spice» and now synthetic cathinones including mephedrone have come along in quick succession.

He insisted I sign a disclaimer saying I knew mephedrone was not for human consumption, then handed over a brown, padded envelope.

The ACMD cited evidence that mephedrone consumption could cause hallucinations, blood circulation problems, anxiety, paranoia, fits and delusions.

The subject of mephedrone came up and Farage picked up the ball and ran with it all the way to advocating decriminalisation of all drugs and selling them in Boots.

«If you're doing GCMS on a sample and it almost matches mephedrone, well maybe it's butylone,» said Lantz.

Dr Z isn't the only person to have invented mephedrone...

At the time of writing, only one of 27 fatalities claimed to have been caused by mephedrone have actually turned out to be so.

One evening I got together with a «clean» friend watching over me to try mephedrone.

A steady stream of stories in the UK media about a little - known «legal high» variously called mephedrone, plant food, miaow - miaow or m - cat reached fever pitch this month.

The rush has hit just 3 minutes after I'd snorted a full line of mephedrone through a banknote off my dining room table...

While mephedrone has been implicated in at least 27 deaths in the UK, it has been confirmed present in just 11 of these cases and at the time of writing found to be a contributing factor in just one.

Most internet retailers stopped selling mephedrone, also known as plant food or miaow miaow, when it was banned in April — but many began offering other legal highs in its place.

Quoting a police report, the paper said an unnamed teenager high on mephedrone needed hospital treatment after he tried to «rip off his testicles».

Around that time, mephedrone began appearing on internet chat forums, and the drug seems to have spread rapidly since then: significant use is now reported in Sweden, Finland, the UK, Ireland and Australia.

Virtually every media outlet — including the BBC and The Guardian — described mephedrone as plant food.

You can spend # 100 and get nothing,» a regular user of mephedrone told me.

Mephedrone possession is a criminal offence in at least 13 other countries.

How effective the UK government's ban will be against mephedrone and related synthetic cathinones remains to be seen.

That's not to say that taking mephedrone is without risk.

Kehr, J.; Ichinose, F.; Yoshitake, S.; Goiny, M.; Sievertsson, T.; Nyberg, F.; Yoshitake, T. Mephedrone, compared to MDMA (ecstasy) and amphetamine, rapidly increases both dopamine and serotonin levels in nucleus accumbens of awake rats.

«If these reports are true, the previous government's rush to ban mephedrone never had any serious scientific credibility - it looks much more like a decision based on a short - term electoral calculation.

The Conservatives are planning immediate bans of up to a year to allow a full assessment to be carried out of the impact of the drugs, and they say there is a very strong case for other new drugs like Mephedrone to be banned permanently.

News reports linked her death with mephedrone.

It has a close chemical resemblance to cathinones such as mephedrone and pyrovalerone — a drug developed in the 1960s to treat fatigue but largely abandoned due to the risk of abuse and addiction.

In an attempt to avoid having to deliberate on each individual compound as it appears, the ACMD is likely to advise the UK government to control not just mephedrone but a whole group of synthetic cathinones, including those such as methylone and butylone, which are already emerging as recreational drugs, and others not yet in widespread use.

While the effects of some substances that have become popular as recreational drugs in recent years have previously been studied for their potential medical use, such as ketamine and GHB, there are practically no published studies on mephedrone — just user surveys and anecdotal accounts.

Winstock adds that from the little that is known about the substance's toxicology, groups he would advise to steer clear of mephedrone include those aged 21 or under, anyone with mental health problems, those with neurological, cardiac or blood pressure conditions and anyone with a history of alcohol or drug problems.

«We think there is a very strong case for banning mephedrone and other so - called «legal highs».

It commonly involves the use of crystal methamphetamine, GHB / GBL and mephedrone.

Mephedrone and other cathinone derivatives became illegal with effect from 16th April 2010, the new legislation being by way of a «generic definition'to make it difficult for suppliers to produce new versions of the substances.

Mephedrone, also known as MCAT, meow and bubbles, was said to be increasingly popular amongst recreational drug users and suggestions that the drug had been involved in over 20 deaths attracted considerable media attention.

In March 2010 the government announced that mephedrone and its related compounds were to be banned on the recommendation of the ACMD and designated Class B drugs.

Several serious side effects had been reported, but as the charity DrugScope pointed out, there was «no significant clinical literature» available on the effects of mephedrone and the other cathinone derivatives.

The first drug to come under the system's remit was mephedrone, also known as «miaow miaow», followed by methoxetamine, also known as «mexxy».

Its proper name is «mephedrone» and is legally marketed as a plant food.

The move follows mounting concern over the emergence of new drugs like Mephedrone, which are being widely and legally used despite emerging evidence to suggest they may pose a serious health risk.

With the UK government rushing to ban the «legal high» mephedrone, our reporter sorts fact from fiction — and tries it for himself

The 20 drugs rated in the studies were alcohol, amphetamines, anabolic steroids, benzodiazepines, buprenorphine, butane, cannabis, cocaine, crack, Ecstasy, GHB, heroin, ketamine, khat, LST, mephedrone, methadone, methamphetamine, mushrooms, and tobacco.

The growing problem of synthetic drugs — which include mimics of cannabis and amphetamine — came to the fore in the United Kingdom last year as politicians rushed to ban mephedrone, which had been linked in the media to several deaths.

Mephedrone and several related compounds, known collectively as cathinones, are now controlled substances in the United Kingdom and in many other countries.

In five other studies published over the past year, Taffe, Dickerson and their laboratories have looked at the effects of MDPV and a related «bath salts» cathinone derivative, mephedrone, in a range of animal models.

A spate of deaths linked to mephedrone has led to vociferous calls for a ban in the...