So far 29 out of the 127 suspected cases had been shown to have no connection with mephedrone.

There have been several media reports of the Canadian police seizing mephedrone.

In 2010, as its use became more prevalent, many countries passed legislation prohibiting mephedrone.

Mephedrone is also currently scheduled in the United States as of 2011.

Like cocaine and speed, mephedrone comes as a white or yellowish powder.

New designer drugs, such as mephedrone, have played a role in 42 deaths in the past two years.

But they should bear in mind that, with mephedrone, they could have a horrendous time.

They concluded more experimental research is needed to investigate the toxicity of mephedrone.

As a result, the only information available comes from users themselves and clinical reports of acute mephedrone toxicity.

Of the nine that coroners had finished investigating, two were caused directly by mephedrone.

It was later discovered she had traces of ketamine, mephedrone and alcohol in her blood.

In February 2010, 22 men were arrested in connection with importing mephedrone.

Outlawing mephedrone may well be a necessary expedient to protect children from harm in the short term.

Firstly, dealers know there is still demand for mephedrone, but are aware the supplies may be exhausted in the future.

This would produce (S)-4-methylcathinone, which could then be methylated to produce mephedrone.

Mephedrone can be synthesised in several ways.

Some people seem to find mephedrone especially compulsive, so that when they start taking some, it's very hard to stop until all the drug is gone.

Forty-two cases were confirmed as having a link with mephedrone, although none had given the drug as the direct cause of death.

In the wake of the ban on party drug mephedrone last April, ketamine has swiftly filled the void.

Who knows what's in [mephedrone] when you buy it?

In another case, a 19-year-old male was admitted to hospital suffering from inflammation of the heart, 20 hours after taking one gram of mephedrone.

The possession of mephedrone became classified as a criminal offence in Sweden on 15 December 2008.

I am particularly reminded of this story, which at the time provoked a hysteria that led to the banning of mephedrone.

Of those who had already used mephedrone prior to the ban, 75% had continued to use it after the ban.