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Bath Salts" act like Ecstasy in our brains The last few years have seen the appearance of a number of drugs sold under the false flag of "bath salts" or "plant food". Generally mephedrone and methylone, their abuse has lead to a number of
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Ecstasy's chemical name) may have therapeutic benefits and is now being tested as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety associated with cancer" In one part it says it reduces serotonin and the other it increases...Stephen, Bolton,
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A Dutch testing system would provide labs to test illegal drugs for users with no questions asked. Photograph: Edd Westmacott/Alamy Media reports of two deaths at the weekend in the same party venue have once again been accompanied by police
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It had previously taken months to ban new substances allowing drug dealers to stay a step ahead of police. Now ministers will impose a year's ban immediately while scientists assess which category a new drug belongs to. Delays in banning mephedrone
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Dependence on recreational drugs like mephedrone can lead to a loss of touch with reality and mental health problems. Photograph: Andrew Carruth/Alamy Three in 10 clubbers who take the drug mephedrone exhibit symptoms associated with addiction, a
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October 28, 2011 THE first scientific study of the party drug meow meow shows how the addiction centres in rats' brains ''lit up like crazy'' when they were given it, Australian researchers say. While previous research into mephedrone has relied on
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Party drug "meow meow" or mephedrone, used as a replacement for ecstasy or cocaine, and termed Britain's "favourite new drug" has caused nearly 100 deaths of young people in the past two years. Banned last year, mephedrone has been blamed for causing
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These semi-legal drugs, sold in head shops under names like "Vanilla Sky" and "Bliss," are usually snorted or ingested intravenously, and contain mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, which are apparently real mind-benders. Bath salts first
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Just changing one carbon of a chemical compound can mean a new drug is developed, and using the internet backyard-developers can find these drug structures through old academic research papers and patent applications, according to Peter Vallely, a
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Business&Health Sign up for most helpful health news Sample These are thought of as Epsom salts used in a calming bath but are actually synthetic drugs, made to mimic the effects of a cocaine or heroin high. UK researchers have attempted to reveal
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