This is what users say it feels like to get high on mephedrone. A study of mephedrone users indicated that an average dose, of 97mg, with mg typically being consumed over the course of a drug-using session.
The typical first session lasted for 6 hours, and other drugs were used in conjunction with mephedrone. In subsequent sessions, most took mg intranasally by snorting, or orally. The injection is much less common but has been documented, sometimes with severe negative consequences. These later experiences typically lasted 10 hours, during which mg, with 60 minute breaks between dosages.
Use of other substances continued to be the norm, and use took place in groups of ten or so. In another study, mephedrone users described a pleasant mood, euphoria, ease, suppressed appetite, dry mouth, sharpened perception, insomnia and increased energy occurring most of the time when on mephedrone. The stimulant and energizing effects of mephedrone, as with other stimulants, are often a motivator for users to take the drug.
However, lack of sleep that accompanies the use of stimulants, including mephedrone, is well known, and include mental and physical problems, particularly after longer-term use. Entactogen effects add to the more straightforward feelings of stimulation and being wide-awake and energetic, with feelings of connection to self and others.
This is described by users as feeling oneself close to others, enhanced empathy, and is most frequently attributed to the drug, ecstasy or MDMA. When these feelings of being comfortable with others, and with oneself, are combined with increased feelings of sexual desire and stimulation, enhanced mood, talkativeness, intensification of sensory experience, increased self-confidence and increased urge to move, it is easy to see how mephedrone could become a party and play drug.
Indeed, as with ecstasy, the use of mephedrone can easily transfer from the nightclub scene to sex parties. Unfortunately, this also increases the risks to users. This mephedrone craving was the most frequently reported acute effect of the drug in one study.
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Mephedrone: use, subjective effects and health risks. Designer drugs assessment and management. Addict Sci Clin Pract. Mephedrone was first sold over the internet as an alternative to drugs like speed, ecstasy and cocaine.
People have compared the smell to cat pee and exhaust fumes, and say that it tastes foul and metallic. Injecting mephedrone, as with other stimulants, is very risky because of the fast-acting, intensity of the hit.
Users often feel the need to redose too, which can result in serious injecting-related injuries as well as overdose. Mephedrone is often described as being like a mix between speed , ecstasy and cocaine.
It can take you a long time to get to sleep after taking mephedrone. Some users say they suffer from insomnia for several days afterwards. Taking mephedrone involves risks — and the dangers and long-term effects are becoming clearer as more reports emerge. Some users have reported blue or cold fingers — probably because mephedrone affects the heart and the circulation. There have been reports of people being hospitalised due to the short-term effects of mephedrone. It risks overstimulating your nervous system, which may cause hallucinations, feelings of agitation and even fits.
Overheating has been a significant cause of deaths when other amphetamine-type drugs, such as ecstasy , have been used along with mephedrone. Injecting mephedrone is particularly dangerous for several reasons, including the fact that it's easier to overdose from injecting. One year-old user, from the north-west of England, told the BBC: "I can still get it on the street but the quality's not very good. It can take you a bit of time to find a good source, but in the end you will find one.
If I can't get any, I'll have the cocaine instead. A survey in the March edition of the dance and clubbing magazine Mixmag spoke to 2, clubbers. Users said they and their friends had concerns about mephedrone, as little was known about it and research into its side effects was limited. Drugs advice charity Drugscope said users were now its only source of information about the drug.
It said they were aware of users' "reviews" of their experiences posted on forums, detailing what cocktail of drugs they have taken and its effects. Mephedrone, also known as M-Cat, was banned after being blamed for a series of deaths.
However, it later emerged that a number of deaths were linked to other forms of drug abuse.
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