Methylone Crystals

Methylone (bk-MDMA) is a chemical drug which is very similar in structure to MDMA and has comparable effects. Methylone is a stimulant with a mild hallucinogenic effect. Because it’s a relatively new substance it’s called a research chemical.

How is Methylone used?

Mephedrone powder is usually sniffed/snorted or swallowed.² Swallowing is the most common way of taking the drug. It is usually mixed with liquid to drink or wrapped in a cigarette paper (known as ‘bombing’).² There are also reports of people injecting the drug.²

Effects of Methylone

There is no safe level of drug use. Use of any drug always carries some risk. It’s important to be careful when taking any type of drug.

Methylone affects everyone differently, based on:

• the amount taken
• a person’s size, weight and health
• whether the person is used to taking it
• whether other drugs are taken around the same time
• the strength of the drug (which varies from batch to batch).

The following effects may be experienced and may last for two-to-four hours:

• rush of intense pleasure
• feeling happy, energetic and wanting to talk more
• intense connection with music
• anxiety
• paranoia
• restless sleep
• muscle tension (face and jaw)
• blurred vision
• light-headedness, dizziness
• distorted sense of time
• memory loss
• nose bleeds from sniffing/snorting the drugs
  

  Overdose

  If a large amount of methylone crystals 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.⁵