Meow

Recently, the drug Mephedrone has become illegal, but ever since it has been made illegal I have heard so many stories of people taking it. I think that ever since it has become illegal people have found it more rebellious to take it and also it has become really well known because of all the press coverage. I listen to Radio 1 a lot and I remember first hearing about it on the news there and then ever since I've heard it every where. I've even seen someone take it in front of me.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8571935.stm

I spoke to the person taking it and asked why they did it and they said because they like the extra buzz that they get off of it. I will never understand why people could do it, but I suppose that once you've tried it and had such a good time on it, then you want to have as much fun as you did the last time that you were on it. It has been said to bring on feelings of happiness, and makes it more easy to stay awake, and dance for longer and feel sociable.

Mephedrone is also known as Meow Meow, Miaow, MCAT, 4MMC, Drone and Bubbles. It's actually used as plant food, so has never been tested on people or even animals, so it could be very harmful. If people take it as a drug it is a 'legal high'. It's chemically quite like amphetamines (speed). It is a stimulant which is what MDMA, Speed and cocaine are, so it can have effects like those do.