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Mephedrone, new kid for the chop?

Addiction, 2011
Aims Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is a novel synthetic stimulant drug that has recently become popular in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe. It has a short history of human consumption and little is known about its prevalence and pattern of use.
Paolo DeLuca, Zoe Davey, Ornella Corazza   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Mephedrone and mephedrone-based cocktails: market, analysis, mechanisms of action and toxicity

2016
In recent years mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) has gained popularity over other classified recreational drugs of abuse due to its low price and availability on the Internet. Because of its unwanted toxic and possibly lethal effects it is currently a matter of concern to public health worldwide. The significant qualitative and quantitative variation
ROMOLO, Francesco Saverio, FIORE, PAOLA ANTONELLA, BOTTONI, EDOARDO, CAPPELLETTI, SIMONE, AROMATARIO, MARIAROSARIA, CIALLELLA, Costantino   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Mephedrone: still available and twice the price

The Lancet, 2010
In April, 2010, the β ketoamfetamine stimulant mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) and several similar compounds were classified as Class B substances in the UK under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Legislation was prom pted by public health concerns, with the expectation that these controls would limit availability and use.
Winstock, Adam, Mitcheson, Luke, Marsden, John   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Pharmacokinetics of Mephedrone and Its Metabolites in Whole Blood and Plasma after Controlled Intranasal Administration to Healthy Human Volunteers.

Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2020
Mephedrone is a popular synthetic cathinone, known for its psychostimulant effects. At present, there is no data available on the pharmacokinetics of mephedrone and its metabolites in concurrently collected whole blood and plasma samples after a ...
J. Czerwińska, M. Parkin, C. George, A. Kicman, P. Dargan, V. Abbate   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The truth about mephedrone

New Scientist, 2010
In the wake of hysteria in the British media over the latest legal high, Nic Fleming sorts the facts from fiction - and tries it for ...
openaire   +1 more source

Computational design of deep eutectic solvent functionalized ZIF-8/biochar with high selectivity for mephedrone: Experimental validation and microscopic mechanism

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023
Rong Zhu, Shurui Cao, Jie Tian, Mengni Luo, Jiade You, Zhiqiong Chen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How the media helped ban mephedrone

BMJ, 2011
Misinformation in the media helped politicians push for the criminalisation of the “legal high” mephedrone last year despite a lack of evidence of harm, reports Jeremy ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Ivory wave: the next mephedrone?

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2011
Background Since the classification of miaow miaow (mephedrone) as a class B drug in April this year, a new drug is emerging as a so-called ‘legal high’. Deaths have already been attributed to ivory wave in different parts of the country.
openaire   +2 more sources

[Mephedrone: a new synthetic drug].

Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 2013
Mephedrone is a synthetic psychostimulant derived from cathinone belonging to the family of phenylethylamines. Sold on the Internet, it has recently emerged in France in recreational settings, and is mostly consumed by young people from the gay community and festive environment.
Aymeric, Petit, Laurent, Karila, Michel, Sananes, Michel, Lejoyeux   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Mephedrone and Mephedrone-Based Cocktails

2016
Francesco S. Romolo, Paola A. Fiore, Edoardo Bottoni, Simone Cappelletti, Mariarosaria Aromatario, Costantino Ciallella   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source