Officials said that cathinone is similar in chemical makeup to ecstasy, but has a much more potent effect on people’s bodies and mental state. It is more lethal, as more people die after ingesting the ...

Mephedrone (AKA “4-methylmethcathinone”), however, is not normal cathinone: it’s a “substituted cathinone”. That means it’s a molecule with the same backbone as the basic cathinone ...