"Banning the designer drug mephedrone resulted in a 300% increase in its use. Banning khat is likely to have the same effect." Last month the UN reported that the UK was the largest market for legal ...

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 ...

Mephedrone also known as “m-cat” or “miaow-miaow” is a synthetic stimulant drug that has effects similar to amphetamines and ecstasy. Mephedrone use has spread fast in UK since it emerged at a pop ...

Experienced clubbers are more likely to add the former ‘legal high’ mephedrone to their drug repertoires rather than use it to replace popular established club drugs such as ecstasy and cocaine, ...

Fears party drug mephedrone (MCAT) use is increasing have been realised after amphetamine treatment referrals rocketed by 104 per cent in a year. The number of people referred for amphetamine ...

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 ...

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 ...

Using mephedrone can cause impotence, a leading scientist at Queen's University, Belfast, has warned. John Mann, professor of chemistry at the university, also said the drug should have been banned ...

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The seven men and two women were taken ill after socialising in Wood Street, Liverpool on Saturday evening, police said. The group, aged in their late teens to 20s, are believed by officers to have ...

Researchers 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 deter those mephedrone users ...