Victory Over Addiction

CAT
FACTS:
STREET NAMES:
Cat, Kitty
APPEARANCE:
White powder
PARAPHERNALIA:
Straws, Small glass or mirrors. White powder
stained surfaces. Rolled up paper or notes.
SMELL:
Odorless
METHOD OF USE:
Mostly snorted, injected or taken orally.
EFFECTS:
Anxiety, fever, headaches, insomnia, muscle
twitching, rapid breathing and dilated pupils.
LONG TERM EFFECTS:
Paranoia, anxiety, depression, tremors and
convulsions. nose bleeds, stomach pains,
nausea and permanent brain damage.
Methcathinone is a monoamine
alkaloid and psychoactive stimulant, a
substituted cathinone. It is used as a
recreational drug due to its potent
stimulant and euphoric effects and is
considered to be addictive, with both
physical and psychological withdrawal
occurring if its use is discontinued after
prolonged or high-dosage
administration. It is usually snorted, but
can be smoked, injected, or taken orally.
Methcathinone is listed as a Schedule I
controlled substance by law in south
Africa by the Controlled Substances
Act, and as such it is not considered to
be safe or effective in the treatment,
diagnosis, prevention, or cure of any
disease, and has no approved
medical use. Possession and distribution
of methcathinone for the purpose of
human consumption is illegal under
any/all circumstances and is either illegal
or highly regulated in most jurisdictions
world-wide.
In preclinical studies, methcathinone
hydrochloride produces an abuse
potential similar to that of the
amphetamines.
Methcathinone is a highly
psychologically addictive substance,
and can produce a methamphetamine-
like withdrawal, which is somewhat less in
intensity than methamphetamine.
Methcathinone hydrochloride evokes
responses similar to those induced by
both dextroamphetamine sulfate and
cocaine hydrochloride. When examined
in particular pharmacological assays for
psychomotor stimulant-like activity. Some
street dealers are selling methcathinone
as methamphetamine but the drug is
more dangerous to people who inject it
than the more common amphetamine.
The initial high of “CAT” can last between
4 - 6 hours and the effects has been
described to being very similar to that of
cocaine. This drug can usually be
associated to clubbing and raves. CAT
can turn out to be very costly to the user
seeing that a quick physical tolerance is
build up towards the drug and the user
may develop a psychological
dependance with frequent use.
There is no medical or pharmaceutical
use for this substance meaning that it
is produced in illicit Cat labs for
recreational purposes.
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