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Meow meow frenzy: Manchester second worst in UK for legal high deaths as MCAT abuse rates soar

Mancunian Matters

Posted Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 09:20

With reader comments

The legal high craze of meow meow caused havoc across Manchester, putting the city in the top two for most deaths as a result of using the drug, a new report revealed today.

Despite the number of overall drug-related deaths failing in England between 2009 and 2010, the number of fatalities coming as a result of abusing the now banned mephedrone, also known as MCAT, grew by almost 500%.

Recreational drug taking resulted in 29 deaths, up from five the previous year, and the number of over 16s per 100,000 who died was 13.4 in Manchester – only coming behind Brighton and Hove – the study revealed.

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[Cambo]

it says its in the top 2, then names 2 other places higher? That would put it in the top 3... Unless Im missing something.

 

[naughtynicknails]

Brighton and Hove is kind of 1 place.. it's a borough (i think)..

How shocking.. people still take mephedrone even though it's been made illegal..

Prohibition works! No wait..

 

[23536]

29 people died from mephedrone huh.

Where's the study?

 

[Chesh]

Guarantee they were mostly polydrug deaths or not even mephedrone.

 

[naughtynicknails]

^ Probably methadone -_-

Thanks for being so full of facts The Sun