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Rebekah Brennan

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Curiosity killed M-Cat: A post-legislative study on mephedrone use in Ireland

Drugs Education Prevention and Policy October 11, 2011 Marie Claire Van Hout, Rebekah Brennan 71 citations

Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is a synthetic ‘amphetamine-type stimulant’ (ATS) derived from the Khat plant and collectively known as ‘M-Cats’. Research has indicated the presence of strong displacement patterns in post-legislative timeframes with mephedrone incurred positive effects stimulating user preferences over amphetamine, MDMA and cocaine. The aim of this research was to...