Mephedrone

In the chemsex scene, drug abuse is more than just a health hazard.

Ten years on, one small-time drone dealer remembers the month the drug hit his university.

RIP Music Journalism, Cyber Sex and the USA.

Christine Schierano has been documenting the world of drug-fuelled sex parties for the past six years.

“The Florist” captures that specific feeling of having fun and getting high but knowing it won't last.

In 2010 it was the UK's fourth favourite substance; nowadays it's used almost exclusively on the chemsex scene.

I was a living cliche: a failed musician who then spends his time criticising other musicians.

As any devotee to the /r/drugs subreddit will be able to tell you, eye wiggles – or nystagmus – are a real and mysterious hassle.

When the tabloids write horror stories about drugs such as mephedrone or laughing gas, searches for how to buy those drugs go through the roof.

British nightlife is a beautiful free-for-all of internet drugs, Wavey Garms girls, illegal raving, and regretful sex. But to the American outsider, it can seem confusing.

With the British government intending to ban every "psychoactive substance" they can think of, we looked back to see if banning a drug actually stops anyone from using it.

Many of the world's most popular drugs took off in gay clubs, but it looks like the days of gay men being "early adopters" of new psychoactive substances are numbered.