Mephedrone
The Death Stats That the British Government Is Using to Ban Legal Highs Are Total Bullshit
The government wants to blanket-ban legal highs after an influential Christian think tank pushed shonky stats about their death toll.
What Are Recreational Drugs Doing to Our Mental Health?
Millions of us take drugs. But for those who aren't feeling great about themselves, the need for escapism can be stronger. Unfortunately, this chemical sanctuary can worsen people's mental health.
LGBT Mental Health: Are We Doing Enough?
The results of a five-year-long study have found that 34 percent of young LGB people had made at least one suicide attempt in their lives.
The Truth About Flakka: the Latest 'Cannibal Drug'
Last year it was bath salts, the year before that it was mephedrone – but there has always been bullshit.
Mephedrone, Psychosis, and a Severed Penis: When Drugs Are Blamed in British Courts
This week, a man who stabbed his mother several times before severing his own dick used a "drug-induced psychosis" defense. But how legitimate is it for offenders to lay all the blame on narcotics?
The Risks and Rewards of Selling Drugs as a British University Student
More and more UK college kids are dealing to pay the bills and fund their own habits.
Ketamine Bladder and Getting High Off Metal Cleaner: Let's Talk About London's Club Drug Problem
If you do club drugs you might be OK, but you might get "ketamine bladder," "cartoon vision," turn psychotic, and have to constantly sip on industrial solvent or risk going into a coma from withdrawal.
Is Tabloid Outrage Just Getting More People into Legal Highs?
Getting uppity about internet drugs seems kind of pointless if all you're doing is advertising them.
The Strange Tale of the Exorcist and the Club Drug Casualty
When your sanity falls off a cliff, you stop taking MXE and start talking to God.
Mephedrone: The Phantom Menace
There has been a lot of inexcusably moronic meowmix said about mephedrone. So much meowmix, in fact, that I decided it would be best to ignore the entire phenomenon completely, because it was making me lose faith in both drugs and humanity.