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A group of students are set to become human "guinea pigs" in an experiment to test the effects of "legal high" drug mephedrone.The 50-strong team will be recruited by John Moores University (JMU) in Liverpool to report the effects of the drug which has recently been linked to a number of deaths.
Pressure is mounting on the Government to ban the substance, which is known as Mcat or Miaow Meow. Two teenagers, Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, were found dead in Scunthorpe, after allegedly taking the high. It can be snorted through the nose, like cocaine, or dabbed on the tongue.
Marketed as a type of plant food, packets bought over the internet are labelled "not for human consumption" to exploit a legal loophole. The public health department at JMU has won "ethical approval" to begin researching the drug with the help of students determined to get their weekend thrills.
Volunteers who take mephedrone will be put in touch with scientists based in the university laboratory. While getting "high", they will be questioned by university academics throughout the night about their different states of consciousness.
Tests will study their thoughts and ability to think coherently, as they are asked to describe how they feel on an "adjective bar", with "sad" or "depressed" at the bottom and "euphoric" or "very happy' at the top.
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