Mephedrone powder is use sniffed/snorte or swallowe. Swallow is the most common way of takin the drug. It is use mixed with liquid to drink or wrappe in a cigarette paper (known as ‘bombing’). There are also report of people injectin the drug.

Using mephedrone with other drugs

The effects of taking  with other drugs – including over-the-counter or prescribed medications – can be unpredictable and dangerous. The following combinations could have the following effects:

Setting

 the environment in which someone consumes mephedrone – whether it known and familiar.who they’re with if they indoors or outdoors the type of music and light. For example, using mephedrone in a calm, quiet and relaxed environment can lead to, or contribute to, a pleasant experience but being in a noisy, crowded place may result in a negative experience.

Being in a good state of mind, with truste  friends and a safe environment before taking reduces the risk of having unpleasant experience.

Overdose

If a large amount of mephedrone is consumed, it could cause an overdose. If any of the following effects are experienced, an ambulance should be called immediately by dialing triple zero (000).

• limbs tingling and turning blue (due to narrowing of the blood vessels)
• seizures
• respiratory failure⁴
• death.^4,7

Long-term effects

• difficulty sleeping
• muscle spasms
• seeing and hearing things that aren’t there
• needing to use more mephed to get the same effect
• dependence
• financial, work and social problems.