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New research this month reveals that party drug mephedrone or ‘meow meow’ causes permanent memory loss and brain damage. However combatting the rise in mephedrone sales isn’t as easy as banning the drug. Academics claim that 40 to 100 new synthetic drugs are created each year to stay ahead of government bans. 

Evan* tells the story of the first time he tried the nameless drug he now knows as meow meow; the beginning of a 2 year addiction.

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