Is Meow Meow the new ecstasy?
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Meow Meow (mephedrone) is easily, and legally, bought over the internet where it is often advertised as plant feed. When taken as a tablet, or snorted as a powder, it gives a similar high to Ecstasy and abuse has taken off in the UK over the past couple of years.
The drug is likely to be one of the first items on the agenda for Professor Les Iversen, the Government's new drugs czar. Other "legal highs" such as BZP (a derivative of a worming agent) and GBL (paint stripper) have now been reclassified as Class C drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act, but mephedrone -- and a similar drug, salvia or "herbal ecstasy" (the leaves of the Mexican plant Salvia divinorum) -- are now under review...
Users of Meow Meow report an amphetamine-type euphoria that comes with mental and physical stimulation, talkativeness and feelings of empathy. Physical changes include dilated pupils, increased heart rate and blood pressure, sweating, flushing and goose bumps... most don't report any significant hallucinations.
The effects start to become noticeable within half an hour of taking a tablet or within a couple of minutes of snorting the drug and last for anything up to four hours (less if snorted).
The downside includes a strong desire to take more, rapid changes in body temperature (sweating or chills), paranoia, palpitations, panic attacks and muscle spasms. A hangover the next morning tends not to be too much of a problem and it is not known whether Meow Meow is addictive -- although a number of cases have started to trickle through into NHS drug treatment centres.
Thanks Jonathan!
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I'm always amazed at the how many inaccuracies are commonly found in media coverage about “drugs”. I think it’s straight out fear mongering; fear sells. Notice how the author repeatedly mentions young people and that Mephedrone is most likely in your neighborhood causing 14 year old girls to die and for boys to rip their scrotum off. This is a form of emotional terrorism. Attempting to scare readers into believing their children are in imminent danger by some mysterious new drug. This type of reporting only exacerbates the typical propaganda used in the failed war on drugs, when what’s needed is factual information to educate the public and reduce harm. To me, these inaccuracies only further prove that all supposed unbiased reporting must be seriously questioned and examined before accepting any of its contents as fact. I hate how the MSM lacks the vocabulary to describe a “drug”. According to them everything is comparable to either MJ, XTC or LSD. This influences young people and/or the under informed to consider experimenting with it, when in reality many research chemicals could have far more severe side effects then what they are being compared to. Now to the big important question. Has anyone tried this and is it any good? =o)
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