Legal alternatives to cocaine, ecstasy and amphetamines that are sold online are the latest in a new wave of stimulants that could change the way drugs are bought and sold. The drugs are available to anyone with an email address and a PayPal account.
The fact that they are legal and that other stimulants are being developed could alter the whole drugs scene, according to research carried out by DrugScope, the independent information centre on drugs. People who have tested one of the drugs describe sensations similar to those of illegal class A drugs.
There has been much internet discourse about the new stimulants and two in particular: mephedrone – nicknamed “meph” – and methylone. The former sells for about £14 a gram, which is enough for five oral doses. It has many of the effects of MDMA, amphetamines and cocaine and users report intense euphoria, talkativeness and increased tactile sensitivity. It is described as being “two molecular tweaks away” from MDMA and crystal meth, and more closely related to cathinonem, the active ingredient in qat.
The drug, which is made in Chinese laboratories, is imported legally to the UK and sold online from British and Austrian websites or in shops that sell drug paraphernalia. It is often sold on websites as “plant food”. One site in the UK reports that it has just imported 2kg of mephedrone, according to tomorrow’s edition of Druglink, the DrugScope journal.
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