Mephedrone campaign goes on to streets (From York Press)

Wow, no matter how you dress it up the petition's doing so badly, you've been forced to go out on the street and hawk it like a big issue seller.
Speaks volumes that does.

"as drug experts analyse the impact"
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Speaks even more volumes. So what is this farce based on then? heresay that a few people have reacted badly to it?
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NEWSFLASH
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Some people react badly to peanuts. York Press have today announced their desire to outlaw peanuts, and won't stop until the population of York is driven to distraction by embarrassment for such a pointless campaign.

Press wrote 'Hundreds of readers have lent their support to our petition'

Er...as of last Wednesday it stood at 200 people. Slightly embellishing the old truth there aren't we?

Press wrote 'THE Press’s campaign to ban the potentially deadly “legal high” mephedrone from our streets will step up a gear tomorrow'

How... offering a free subscription if you sign?

Give it up...it failed...move on...

I know someone who can make you a sandwich board for your campaign. He will do it for as little as £3!!!

I am am a legal supplier of mephedrone. We supply extremely high quality product and as such are well respected. There is much adulterated and poor quality product in circulation, to the best of my knowledge no one has had any adverse reaction or problem with the mephedrone we supply, the poor quality badly manufactured and cut mephedrone is responsible for the problems.
Mephedrone is THE new drug, its ban will not take it out of circulation, it will send it from tax paying business such as mine to the normal drug dealing criminals. It is a simple substance to manufacture and, as it will remain legal in most of the world, it will be easy to obtain. I have paid over £100,000 in tax to the government since I began trading. I am not a criminal and will cease trading as soon as there is a change in the law. I have already been approached by representatives of 2 major drug dealing gangs both wanting to purchase over 100kg as they think the street price will at least triple, I refuse to deal with them as I disagree with everything they represent and do. It is these ruthless gangs that will take over this lucrative trade.
Mephedrone and similar substances need to be controlled and regulated, not outlawed. Banning them will not stop them. The demand for them will be as high as ever. Think of it this way, drugs need to be regulated and controlled because people take them and there are dangers. Would you rather have this business run by law abiding businesses adhering to laws and regulations supplying high quality products with correct information and advice or, ruthless criminal gangs with no regulation selling adulturated poor quality products to anyone, including children and see crime and its related costs to society spiral.

Here is a suggestion.... drugs for drugs...... regulate the recreational drug market and use the majority of the profits to pay for medical drugs in third worlds and, to support our declining economy.
The economic cost fighting drugs is huge, the revenue that could be collected from regulation is huge, crime and its costs would reduce, society becomes easier to police etc etc....... Seems obvious to me !!

Mephedrone is here to stay, whether it's made illegal or not, sure i'd rather have MDMA, but Meph is much purer and less chance of getting a whole cocktail of chemicals than if i bought street Ecstasy.

Mephedrone is a terrible drug; though I don't think "classifying" it is the way forward atall, once it is classified another will just take its place that in all likelyhood is even more dangerous.. Take sweden for example; Mephedrone (4-MMC) was banned in Sweden and since then Methedrone (bk-PMMA) has appeared and caused even more problems (and deaths) than Mephedrone did.. making it illegal won't make it go away, it will just exaserbate the problem.