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  • noun chemistry α-methylamino-propiophenone, a psychoactive stimulant sometimes used as a recreational drug.

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Examples

  • The Customs statement said mephedrone was also known as 4-MMC and was an analogue of the Class B controlled drug, methcathinone, meaning it was classified as a Class C drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2009

  • In the third category are substances such as opium, the date-rape drug Rohypnol, Wellconal and methcathinone ( "khat").

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • It said of 7655 patients seen in five provinces in the first six months of the year, almost one in three reported having used crack cocaine, cocaine hydrochloride, methamphetamine (tik) and methcathinone (cat).

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • There was also a growing availability of methcathinone ( "cat") - which is clandestinely manufactured in the country.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Smit said the last eight months had seen the closure of "four to five cat" (a synthetic stimulant made from a chemical form of methcathinone) laboratories in Cape Town alone.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • While users and experts, including the federal health department, are divided over its legality, police insist it is a derivative of methcathinone, and therefore prohibited.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

  • NSW Police has said that they are 'aware of mephedrone' and are trying to curb its use, insisting that it is a derivative of methcathinone.

    unknown title 2009

  • I had a police drug test done on her and it came up with methcathinone (Cat), cocaine, dope ...

    IOL: News 2009

  • I had a police drug test done on her and it came up with methcathinone (Cat), cocaine, dope ...

    IOL: News 2009

  • "We found 100kg of dry, almost ready Cat (methcathinone) and about 400 litres of still wet

    News24 Top Stories 2010

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