Mephedrone: still available and twice the price
Mephedrone: still available and twice the price
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甲氧麻黄酮：仍然可用，价格是两倍
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10.1016/s0140-6736(10)62021-1
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2010
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J. Marsden
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A. Winstock;L. Mitcheson;J. Marsden
2010年4月，β酮苯丙胺兴奋剂甲氧麻黄酮（4-甲基甲卡西酮）和几种类似化合物在英国根据《药物滥用法》被列为B类物质。公共卫生问题促使立法，并期望这些控制措施会限制其可用性和使用。 1作为我们小组正在进行的新合成药物研究的一部分，我们于 2010 年 6 月对 150 名甲氧麻黄酮使用者（平均年龄 24 岁）进行了在线调查。我们将我们的调查结果与我们之前于 2009 年 11 月进行的在线调查 2 以及 2010 年立法前对用户进行的电话采访的结果进行了比较。 3 我们此次比较的主要目的是评估甲氧麻黄酮的新立法控制是否影响了其可用性和使用。在 2010 年调查的 150 名受访者中，有 95 名 (63%) 表示自法律变更以来他们继续使用甲氧麻黄酮。其中 52 名受访者 (55%) 表示他们打算继续使用相同剂量的甲氧麻黄酮，38 名 (40%) 表示他们现在会减少使用量。 85 名受访者 (57%) 曾从经销商处购买过甲麻黄酮，比立法前进行的用户电话研究中报告从经销商处购买过的 41% 增加了近 40%。在当前的 2010 年调查中，每克甲氧麻黄酮的平均价格为 16 英镑（模式为 20 英镑），而立法前该药物在网上可获取的平均价格为 10 英镑。
In April, 2010, the β ketoamfetamine stimulant mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) and several similar compounds were classified as Class B substances in the UK under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Legislation was prom pted by public health concerns, with the expectation that these controls would limit availability and use. 1As part of our group’s ongoing research into new synthetic drugs, we did an online survey of 150 mephedrone users (average age 24 years) in June, 2010. We have compared our findings with those from a previous online survey we did in November, 2009, 2 and a telephone interview of users in 2010 before the legislation. 3 Our key objective in this comparison was to assess whether the new legislative control of mephedrone had affected its availability and use. Of the 150 respondents to the 2010 survey, 95 (63%) reported that they had continued to use mephedrone since the law had changed. 52 of these respondents (55%) said that they intended to continue using the same amount of mephedrone, and 38 (40%) reported that they would now use less. 85 respondents (57%) had bought mephedrone from a dealer, an increase of almost 40% from the 41% who had reported purchasing from a dealer in the telephone study of users done before legislation. In the current 2010 survey, the mean price per gram paid for mephedrone was£ 16 (mode,£ 20), compared with a mean price of£ 10 when the drug was obtainable online before legislation.