Mephedrone

Slang names include bath salts drone m cat white magic and meow meow.

Mephedrone. It is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds found in the khat plant of eastern africa. Mephedrone is a recent designer drug commonly referred to as bath salts and is one of the most popular recreationally used new psychoactive substances. Mephedrone 4 methylmethcathinone is a stimulant drug which means it speeds up the messages traveling between the brain and body. Mephedrone also known as 4 methyl methcathinone 4 mmc or 4 methyl ephedrone is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes.

It is also called 4 methylmethcathinone 4 mmc or. Slang names include bath salts drone m cat white magic and meow meow. A powerful stimulant that s often compared to drugs like cocaine and ecstasy how it looks tastes and smells how do people take it. Mephedrone is a psychoactive substance that belongs to the group of synthetic cathinone derivatives.

1 mephedrone is classed among new psychoactive substances nps a range of drugs that have been designed to produce effects similar to those of established illicit drugs. Cathinones are structurally similar to amphetamines they contain a phenethylamine core featuring a phenyl ring bound to an amino nh2 group through an ethyl chain with an additional methyl substitution at r α. As a β ketoamphetamine mephedrone acts as a central nervous system stimulant by promoting the release of monoamine neurotransmitters and inhibiting their reuptake. It is a synthetic stimulant.

Mephedrone is one of hundreds of designer drugs or legal highs that have been reported in recent years including artificial chemicals such as synthetic cannabis and semisynthetic substances such as methylhexanamine. Mephedrone also known as 4 methyl methcathinone 4 mmc or 4 methyl ephedrone is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes.