This New Killer Drug Is Legal. So Why has It Not Been Banned?
Scotland on Sunday › February 01, 2010
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It's chemically similar to illegal amphetamine and costs a fraction of the price of cocaine, but campaigners say mephedrone could pose even graver health risks. Richard Bath reports
IT COULD hardly have been any easier. I walked into the shop in Leith, waited in line and asked for some plant food. "That'll be twenty quid," came the reply as a small packet of five capsules was passed to me by the man behind the counter. As I handed over the cash, the sales assistant winked at me. "That's really pure stuff," he said. "I'm sure your plants are going to have an unforgettable weekend." "Certainly hope so," I replied with a knowing smile.See the full content of this document
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This New Killer Drug Is Legal. So Why has It Not Been Banned?
We were, of course, sharing our own not-very-private joke. I wasn't buying plant food, and he wasn't selling it either. What was on offer was mephedrone - aka drone, bubbles, miaow miaow, mcat, meph or cat piss - and there was never any chance of it going anywhere near my plants, or near anyone else's for that matter. Instead, as with all the punters waiting in line in front of and behind me, he presumed that each capsule of this latest controversial "legal high" was destined to go into my body, either snorted or swallowed.
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