I'm not saying anything should be banned
Sorry, didn't mean to suggest you were. That quote of mine related to something Codshit said, I just thought it was relevant.
or even that people shouldn't take mephedrone though, I am pro legalisation, with legalisation in action the regulations on mephedrone would be more tightly controlled and people would be able to run proper trials on the substance and educate them on the risks.
Agreed.
This isn't government propaganda that I'm listening to, it's the concern of very clever chemistry/pharmacology types who are generally pro drug and pro legalisation.
I know. I hope you know I'm not dismissing the BL science, I am not trying to undermine it, I am not being 'pro-mephedrone'. My point is that if the message about mephedrone metabolites is sooooo serious as is being mooted then this message needs to be delivered to people in a clear, understandable and non-judgemental way. For whatever reasons, maybe because the pro-meph lobby pisses you all off so much (sorry but idiots have to have the right to take drugs too), your 'side', your view, fails on all three counts. The science is not being presented clearly in an understandable manner for the 99.999999% of people who wouldn't ever go to ADD and the judgemental stuff, the demonization, the 'your drug is dirtier than my drug' stuff will isolate users from listening to what they need to hear.
Why has no other substance caused this much concern?
Rising popularity of taking drugs can now be done for tuppence legally. The masses are taking it. And it appears not to be very good for you. But it seems almost that its toxicity is increasing with its appeal if you get me? (Again, not wishing to undermine its obvious apparent real toxic issues).
Why is nobody talking about the dangers of methylone or butylone?
Numbers. I reckon its about a 90/10 meph/methylone split don't you? Shambles and a few others might have something to say about methylone issues. But it ain't news is it? The country's not doing methylone.
There is so much more knowledge on the actions of drugs now I don't think the MDMA comparison is such a good one.
Its not so far out a comparison. People were fed lots of negative science about MDMA (which largely turned out to be bollocks and discredited) which didn't fit with their experience what they wanted to hear and they continued to dance regardless. Perhaps science is paying for others earlier mistakes now because it all filters down, people have been told bollocks about drugs for so long now that it isn't surprising when they stop listening is it? That's why its got to be clear, understandable, non-judgemental. And right.
People weren't using 10 grams of MDMA a week and thinking it was 100% safe in 1990 were they?
People were using E and thinking it was safe because it 'felt' safe. Of course the amounts were different. E didn't lend itself to redosing like meph. But essentially yes, people used lots of E, every weekend, despite many messages from the media etc telling them they'd fry their brains.
Add in the binge culture, an addictive drug, legality and cheapness and bingo! ADD you have a problem. Explain your message to the masses better. Hint. Just say no has been proven to not work. Like prohibition.
