Mephedrone to be illegal within weeks...

[FannyBaws]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8593821.stm

Honestly didn't think it'd get pushed through this quick but oh well.

Maybe just in time to stop a couple of deaths during festival time, maybe.

Yes, I buy into the media hype

What you think?

[gordong]

Will be very very suprised if this happens, if it does people are just gonna buy kilo's of it before it gets banned then sell.

Its not gonna stop people taking it, its gonna make things worse

[Grant titp]

ordering alot soonish now

[blackg1000]

Will be very very suprised if this happens, if it does people are just gonna buy kilo's of it before it gets banned then sell.

Its not gonna stop people taking it, its gonna make things worse

[stu150]

Supposedly customs have been told to start seizing it when its imported - I know that won't stop folk taking it but it will just drive up prices and mean it will start being cut with heaps o other shit

[rexclark]

Oh well, back onto the illegals for me.

[Who'sme]

Wouldn't bother me if there were decents beans about but been a while since i've had any.

[toastrack]

Wouldn't bother me if there were decents beans about but been a while since i've had any.

[Window Licker]

Then again, I have no idea why people do take it. I think it's a terrible drug and having only tried it a few times done nothing for me that any other drug couldn't do. It's not recommended.

[Cosmo Kramer]

Well done to the government for pushing the importing and selling of mephedrone in to the hands of criminals , before it's even researched and understood properly.

Media coverage has been a total joke. Just because a death is linked to mephedrone does not mean it caused it. The media are happy to splash 'killer drug' etc over their front page , and blame mephedrone.

But what happens when the true causes of those deaths are shown to not be mephedrone???

Somehow they forget to tell you about that.

They are there to do scare the public and sell newspapers. The media are the ones that should be ashamed of themselves for wildly inaccurate reporting and scaremongering.

The government need to get David Nutt back and actually listen to what he says instead of sacking him when he doesn't go along with what they want.

Or maybe they didn't lke that fact that he spoke the truth about alcohol because the government make too much money off that to have someone badmouthing it.

Edit to add ..... something will come along to replace mephedrone anyway.

Edited March 29, 2010 by Cosmo Kramer

[Kyelo]

Some same points already been made but I'll list mine anyway.....

1. there are NO confirmed deaths due to methadrone, it is all speculation and hypothesis which shows how lame this governments drugs policies are. Why are they making a drug that they know little about a class B exactly? When you look at UK drug policy, drugs are rated due to what the media says is most dangerous and the publics lack of education NOT how dangerous they are.

2. by banning this drug they will save NOBODY at all, all they will do is push it into criminals and drug dealers hands which will in turn make it MORE dangerous due to it being cut with other things. The price will also go up.

3. by implementing this ban they will create an instant void to be filled which I cam sure labs/chemists are ready for, que dozens of equally dangerous and effective alternatives which will be freely avaibable. This just creates a cycle A.lots of people take a new drug B.gets banned C.new drug created to fill market and then back to A.

4. this governments drugs laws are a joke, there is a reason 6 experts have resigned from their advisory council

5. ket mixed with alcohol is the best either way

[FannyBaws]

2. by banning this drug they will save NOBODY at all, all they will do is push it into criminals and drug dealers hands which will in turn make it MORE dangerous due to it being cut with other things. The price will also go up.

[Disco_Fudge]

as with others here my main gripe is that mKat seems to have killed the market for boosts. Stuff has been hard to come by for the past 6 months and the quality has been crap (pips and cut to f**k). Heard about these 'blue facebooks' but not come accross any as yet. So I for one am glad of the ban. Personally I find mKat has a nice clean come up but the comedown far outweighs it: no sleep coupled with unbearable paranoia and anxiety and as such haven't touched it for ages and don't plan to again

[rory_oh]

as with others here my main gripe is that mKat seems to have killed the market for boosts. Stuff has been hard to come by for the past 6 months and the quality has been crap (pips and cut to f**k). Heard about these 'blue facebooks' but not come accross any as yet. So I for one am glad of the ban. Personally I find mKat has a nice clean come up but the comedown far outweighs it: no sleep coupled with unbearable paranoia and anxiety and as such haven't touched it for ages and don't plan to again