And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (Mephedrone Diary)

Mephedrone, also known as 4-methylmethcathinone (4-MMC), or 4-methylephedrone, is a synthetic stimulant and entactogen drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include meph,[5] drone,[6] and MCAT.[7] It is reportedly manufactured in China and is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds found in the khat plant of eastern Africa. It comes in the form of tablets or a powder, which users can swallow, snort or inject, producing similar effects to MDMA, amphetamines, and cocaine.

As well as producing the intended stimulant effects, negative side effects occur when mephedrone is used, with teeth grinding the most common. The metabolism of mephedrone has been studied in rats and humans, and the metabolites can be detected in urine after usage. Nothing is known about the potential neurotoxicity of mephedrone, but scientists have suggested possible dangers associated with its use based on its similarity to other drugs. Several people have died after consuming mephedrone, but some deaths that the media attributed to the drug were later determined to have been caused by other factors.

Mephedrone was first synthesised in 1929 but did not become widely known until it was rediscovered in 2003. By 2007 mephedrone was reported to be available for sale on the internet, by 2008 law enforcement agencies had become aware of the compound and by 2010 it had been reported in most of Europe, becoming particularly prevalent in the United Kingdom. Mephedrone was first made illegal in Israel in 2008, followed by Sweden later that year. In 2010 it was made illegal in many European countries and in December 2010, the EU ruled it illegal. In Australia, New Zealand, and the USA it is considered an analog of other illegal drugs and can be controlled by laws similar to the Federal Analog Act. In September 2011 the USA temporarily classified mephedrone as illegal, with effect from October 2011.

"I sit here reminiscing in my London cubicle, windows wide open, smell of fresh rain fills the room, the glass touches my lips to fill my soul in that dark maple brown liquid i know too well. Momentous music rattles my feelings, thrusting them against my white cubicle walls of solitariness, making one realize his time is limited in this chapter of his vagabond of a life." ~Herman Cobra Baud

"Winter here in London has buried me half died. One cold lonesome gray London evening, I played domino's out of half drunken boredom, and a scrambled misconstrued head. I watched the domino's fall one after another as they crash on the cold marble table. I began to ponder the thought that the day's do pass to the next like falling domino's, and once the last one falls you never new it ever hit you. Until you realized your falling in your wooden box bed. And once your falling it's too late to change, and there's nothing worse than too late. " ~Herman Cobra Baud

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[joeybrogan90]

Hero!

[Flaeshbjoerne]

You look smart. But why are you trying drugs and cigarettes? You should be aware of dangers. For e.g. watch out for speeding cars because they can kill you. Drugs can also kill you. Try to read books that would be great!

[DrSunshine92]

sick dude!