Please could you give a brief introduction to mephedrone? Mephedrone is a fairly new designer drug which has been around for a few years. It exploded in popularity in Europe (and particularly in the ...

Contrary to popular belief among recreational drug users, mephedrone has several important differences when compared with MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy. These differences mean that mephedrone could ...

January 18, 2012 — Despite considerable cognitive side effects associated with the street drug mephedrone, many young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) continue to use the synthetic stimulant, new ...

This might some as something of a surprise to those who are invested in the war against drugs but the inert gas helium actually causes more deaths each year in the UK than cannabis, ecstasy and ...

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have completed one of the first studies of mephedrone use in Northern Ireland since the drug was outlawed earlier this year. They found that the ban did not ...

Pharmaceutical scientists have discovered that the recently reclassified drug mephedrone varies in quality so much that users could be at risk of overdosing. Six samples were tested, and although ...

Mephedrone, a key ingredient in the designer-drug mix sold as "bath salts" or as other substances, induces methamphetamine-like cravings in rats. But mephedrone isn't exactly like meth, cocaine, ...

Since the recent ban on mephedrone, many so-called "legal substitutes" available on the internet are in fact banned cathinones (chemically related to amphetamines) and just as risky, warn experts in a ...

Amid an ever increasing number of reported deaths linked to the drug mephedrone, the UK government yesterday announced plans to make the 'legal high' legal no longer. After receiving the ...

Craig Motbey received funding from an Australian Postgraduate Award and the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is a fairly new “party” drug ...