Pubs on guard for Mephedrone users
Wednesday 13th January at 4:51 pm
Use of legal drug Mephedrone drug is now widespread across pub and club-goers, according to a new survey.
One in three readers of Mixmag magazine have taken Mephedrone in the last month,
Sold as plant food, Mephedrone induces similar effects as cocaine and ecstasy but is cheaper to buy at around £10 to £15 a gram in powder, capsule or liquid form.
Users can be recognised by side effects including excess sweating, nausea, cold or blue extremities, paranoia and heart palpitations.
Mephedrone has already been made illegal in Israel and Scandinavia.
The same move could be made in the UK after the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) reports its research on the harm caused by the drug in March.
Story By: Lesley Foottit
