Legal Drug Causes Multiple Deaths

by greg1usa | March 20, 2010 at 07:31 pm

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UK's Chief Drug advisor reccomends that the drug sold as plant food be banned

Last week two teenagers Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19 both from Linconshire died after taking the substance.

The goverment has come under fire from concerned parents for not acting sooner.

The government's chief drugs adviser has strongly indicated the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) will recommend mephedrone be banned

Professor Iverson the Goverments advisor made this statement:

"This is one of the most addictive substances known to man and it's certainly not safe and the risk of death from overdose is certainly there."

The Designer drug also known by other names such as meow meow and mmcat is often in the form of a white powder or crystals and sometimes mixed with other substances.

As reported earlier

The effects of taking the drug are said to include euphoria, enhanced alertness, talkativeness, improved concentration which are the same effects found from taking amphetamines.

There are numerous websites all over the internet offering the drug for sale. It is often sold as a plant food. Among the latest death's associated with the drug was Jordan Kiltie, 19, from Ayr in Scotland, UK. He collapsed at his home after taking the drug at a party.

Methylmethcathinone as it is known in the USA is an unscheduled drug. Those selling the drug for human consumption may however be prosecuted under the Federal Analog Act.

The drug can be purchased over the counter in many shops in the UK for around $ 7.50 a bag. There are several calls for the UK goverment to ban the drug but the matter would need to be debated in parliment and any ban would be highly unlikley before the summer.

Source Daily Record