methcathinone trafficking supreme court decision

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DAVID KILLICK | February 24, 2011 12.01am

A THRIVING business selling "legal highs" has landed a Howrah storeman in court after his Chinese supplier sent him several kilograms of a banned drug.


Mitchell John Campbell, 23, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Hobart yesterday to trafficking a controlled substance.


The charge relates to the sale of methylmethcathinone, a party drug also known as israelis, which started to turn up in Hobart in 2008.


Crown prosecutor Allison Shand told the court Campbell was arrested in May 2009 after police intercepted several bulk shipments of the drug from Shanghai.


A search of his house revealed several 1kg packages of white powder, thousands of empty pill capsules, two laptop computers and several thousand dollars in cash.


Campbell told police he had been ordering products from the Chinese Neo Organic website since 2009.


His internet-based business, called Neobase, sold herbal highs which Campbell believed were legal, although he became suspicious when the powders he ordered arrived labelled as "bath salts".


The estimated value of drugs Campbell possessed or sold could be several hundred thousand dollars, the court heard.


Emails revealed he had discussed buying up to 50kg of the drug for up to $250,000.

Defence lawyer Jim Wilkinson told the court his client had started a legitimate business but had been led astray by his suppliers who told him the drug was legal in Australia.


"He believed everything he was doing was legal, however he was young and naive," Mr Wilkinson told the court.


Justice Shan Tennent will sentence Campbell on Tuesday.



DAVID KILLICK | March 02, 2011 12.01am


http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/03/02/211101_scalesofjustice.html


A HOWRAH storeman who sold what he thought were legal highs over the internet has been convicted of drug trafficking.


Mitchell John Campbell, 23, pleaded guilty to the offence last week and was sentenced yesterday by Justice Shan Tennent.


The charge related to the sale of 4-methylmethcathinone and ethylcathinone, party drugs also known as israelis, which started to turn up in Hobart in 2008.


Campbell was arrested in May 2009 after police intercepted several bulk shipments of the drugs sent through the post from suppliers in Shanghai.


A search of his house revealed several one-kilogram packages of white powder, thousands of empty pill capsules, two laptop computers and several thousand dollars in cash.


Campbell's internet-based business, called Neobase, sold herbal highs which he believed were legal, although he became suspicious when the powders he ordered arrived labelled as "bath salts".


Justice Tennent said Campbell had been naive in the beginning and reckless towards the end of his offending.


"You were young and looking for an opportunity and somewhat naively accepted the assurances you were initially given that this particular product was legal," she said.

"While all of that may be true, you did not stop your activities when you realised the potential illegality of them but continued on, even increasing the scale of your business."

Justice Tennent sentenced Campbell to six months in jail, suspended for three years.

She also ordered he pay a $10,000 penalty from the proceeds.
 
who buys methcathinone? blech. this drug wins the academy award for Most Tension in a Thoroughly Unpleasant Drug category.
 
halfoz said:
who buys methcathinone? blech. this drug wins the academy award for Most Tension in a Thoroughly Unpleasant Drug category.
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Methylmethcathinone, aka 4-Methylmethylcathinone, aka Mephedrone...

and apparently a lot of people buy it. If Brits are considered people, that is...
 
halfo, yeah just because it is a 'legal' (or rather ex legal) high, don't discount it.. maybe you did too much, had a bad batch maybe, or it's just not for you, but that shit is raw and can be every bit as addictive and methamphetamine, and it is for a LOT of people. Meph is a hard core drug.
 
might not be mephedrone

Ph0r.W3-R-m4ny said:
halfo, yeah just because it is a 'legal' (or rather ex legal) high, don't discount it.. maybe you did too much, had a bad batch maybe, or it's just not for you, but that shit is raw and can be every bit as addictive and methamphetamine, and it is for a LOT of people. Meph is a hard core drug.
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it might not be mephedrone , it could be methylone , feds think both are same ! i take it you mean mephedrone when you "meph" bad choice of term mate .
 
just because one is charged with import METHCATHINONE DOESNT MEAN IT WAS MEPHEDRONE , IT COULD BE METHYLONE

( you could be CHARGED WITH IMPORT 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHCATHINONE AN ANALOGUE OF METHCATHINONE )

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHCATHINONE IS NOT AN ANALOGUE OF METHCATHINONE .

according to wikipedia :

Methylone, also known as "M1", 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone, bk-MDMA, MDMC, and in the UK as Arlone

so is METHYLONE

3,4 methylenedioxymethcathinone or
3,4 methylenedioxynmethylcathinone

or

are they two ways of saying the same thing

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd517/ahura9999/cathinone.jpg

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd517/ahura9999/cathinone1.jpg

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd517/ahura9999/methyl.jpg
 
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Structure Activity Relationships

Cathinone derivatives have a range of effects (e.g. stimulant, empathogen and antidepressant).The cathinone derivatives without ring substituents (e.g. diethylpropion,methcathinone, buphedrone, N,N-dimethylcathinone) are mostly stimulants.

Most of the cathinone derivatives encountered as legal highs are ring substituted compounds with a secondary amino group (R2 = methyl or ethyl and R3 = hydrogen) or with a cyclic amino group (NR2R3 = pyrrolidino group or phthalimido group). These substances are primarily stimulants, with varying degrees of empathogenic effects (i.e. similar in effects to MDMA). Ring substituents (R4) have included alkyl, alkoxy, methylenedioxy and halide.

The side chain substituent (R1) has mostly been a single alkyl group. However there are examples with allyl (an alkenyl) and propargyl (an alkynyl)groups and also examples with a second alkyl group attached to the same carbon atom as R1, but these compounds are not within the proposed scope.

No haloalkyl substituents (e.g. trifluoromethyl –CF3 as found in piperazine derivatives) in the ring (R4) or on the side chain (R1) have been encountered or reported in the literature. However, replacement of the ring methyl group, as in mephredrone, with a trifluoromethyl group is likely to produce substances with similar activities. It is recommended therefore that haloalkyl substituents be included in the generic definition for ring substituents.

Cathinone derivatives with a primary amino group (i.e. no N-alkyl substituents) are rarely encountered, possibly because of their instability. There are only two known examples, bk-MDA (known to substitute for MDMA in rats) and cathinone (a stimulant).

The NR2R3 amino groups reported in the scientific literature have included alkylamino (R2 = alkyl, R3 = H), dialkylamino (R2 =alkyl, R3 = alkyl), the cyclic pyrrolidino group and a large number of other cyclic amines. However, for the pyrovalerone analogues an increase in size of the nitrogen containing ring from a five-membered pyrrolidine ring to a six-membered piperidine ring resulted in a substantial loss in binding potency. There are also examples of N-allyl, N-propargyl and N-cycloalkyl substituents.

The anti-depressant drug bupropion has a tertiary-butyl group on the nitrogen atom and several other substances investigated for their potential as smoking cessation drugs also have a bulky alkyl group on the nitrogen atom, e.g.tertiary-butyl, iso-propyl or cycloalkyl, or the alkyl amino group is replaced by
a cyclic piperidino group (a cyclic amino group with 6 membered ring).

Salts, stereoisomers, esters and ethers

Cathinone derivatives with the generalised structure in Figure 1, Annex A, all have an asymmetric α-carbon atom giving rise to R and S stereoisomers. With the exception of the phthalimido derivatives, all cathinone derivatives have a basic nitrogen atom and can therefore form salts.

There is no definition of esters and ethers in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971,but from a chemical perspective esters usually only applies to derivatives of acids with a hydroxyl group, and derivatives of alcohols and phenols.

Likewise ethers usually only applies to derivatives of alcohols and phenols.

On this basis the cathinone derivatives would not form esters or ethers.

However, keto compounds, R1R2C=O, can form ketals, R1R2C(OR’)2, which arguably might be described as a special form of an ether. Ketals of cathinone derivatives have been discussed on drug forums in the context of a pro-drug and are mentioned in the scientific literature, usually as a means of protecting the keto group during chemical syntheses.

Generic definition for the control of cathinone derivatives

Any compound (not being bupropion or a substance for the time being specified in paragraph 2.2) structurally derived from 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone by modification in any of the following ways, that is to say,

(i)by substitution in the phenyl ring to any extent with alkyl, alkoxy,alkylenedioxy, haloalkyl or halide substituents, whether or not further substituted in the phenyl ring by one or more other univalent
substituents;

(ii)by substitution at the 3-position with an alkyl substituent;

(iii)by substitution at the nitrogen atom with alkyl or dialkyl groups, or by inclusion of the nitrogen atom in a cyclic structure.

Notes
• the parent compound is cathinone
• “any” is taken to mean one or more Comments
This is a definition that includes all permutations for the three substitution
areas, i.e. in the ring (R4), in the side chain (R1) and on the nitrogen (NR2R3).
• All the cathinone derivatives would be in the same Class which would
result in some anomalies for compounds already controlled.
• Includes all the compounds in Appendix 1.
• Includes primary amines without ring substituents (no known examples,
except cathinone which is not included within the scope of this definition).
• Includes ring substituted primary amines (bk-MDA is the only example).
• The term “cyclic structure” has a very wide scope (e.g. all ring sizes, all
heterocyclic nitrogen compounds and structures with ring substituents).



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Chemical analysis of four capsules containing the controlled substance
analogues 4-methylmethcathinone, 2-fluoromethamphetamine,
a-phthalimidopropiophenone and N-ethylcathinone
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A B S T R A C T

In August 2007, four capsules containing white powders, said to have originated from an Israel-based Internet company ‘‘Neorganics’’, were anonymously delivered to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.

The capsules were analysed and the active components were identified including 4-methylmethcathinone, 2-fluoromethamphetamine, a-phthalimidopropiophenone and N-ethylcathi- none, all of which were unlisted within South Australian controlled substance regulations.

We examined the relevant scientific literature surrounding these chemicals and present both GCMS and NMR data for 4-methylmethcathinone and a-phthalimidopropiophenone, which have previously received little attention. We also present the vapour- and condensed-phase infrared spectra (IR) of 4-methylmeth-cathinone as these have also not been reported in the literature previously. We discuss the issues surrounding whether these chemicals can be classified as controlled substance analogues and the likely impact this could have on prosecutions of individuals distributing these products.





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