The government's chief drugs adviser says the UK is "floundering" in its attempts to control the online mephedrone market.

A BBC investigation has found that the illegal drug is still widely sold through websites despite the ban.

The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs also said many new legal highs had flooded the market since mephedrone and naphyrone were banned this year.

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Marihuana gilt bei der Polizei schon lange nicht mehr als „weiche Droge“. Durch modernste Anbaumethoden (u. a. Bewässerungsanlagen, UV-Beleuchtung) ist der Wirkstoffgehalt in den Cannabis-Pflanzen in den vergangenen Jahren regelrecht explodiert. Tausende sind in Hamburg abhängig vom neuen Horror-Hasch!

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Polizei warnt vor Horror-Hasch

A synthetic chemical known as MDAI has already emerged as a successor to the drug mephedrone, which was banned in Britain this weekend.

Analysts at the Psychonaut Research Project, an EU-funded organisation based at King's College London, which monitors the internet for new trends in drug abuse, said it had identified the substance as the likeliest contender to replace the former "legal high". Co-principal investigator Paolo Deluca said: "Websites are already starting to promote MDAI and this could become the next popular product."

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A ban on mephedrone and other so-called "legal highs" has been backed by MPs.

The drug was linked to several deaths and those breaching the ban could face up to 14 years in jail, Junior Home Office minister Alan Campbell said

The ban was backed by the Tories and the Lib Dems and comes after the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs said it should be a Class B drug.

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Mephedrone

Fifty students who use mephedrone are being recruited in Liverpool for a study into the effects of the drug.

Psychologists at Liverpool John Moores University hope to find out more about the sensations experienced by users.

Mephedrone, also known as "bubbles" or "meow meow", is a readily available legal substance popular among clubbers.

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Ein Tisch mit Zigarettenfiltern, Blättchen, Tabak dazu viele flinke Hände. Was ist das? Eine Drogenhöhle in Amsterdam, in Berlin oder das jüngste Facebook-Foto Ihrer Kinder? Mitnichten. Das Bild gestattet den Blick auf Studenten der israelischen Ben-Gurion-Universität des Negev, die an einem Wettbewerb im Jointbauen teilnehmen

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Die Coffeeshopbesitzer in Holland rufen zu einem Streik am 9. Juni 2010 auf, um die Aufmerksamkeit auf ihre wichtige Rolle in der niederländischen Gesellschaft zu richten. Der Streik wird von dem Coffeeshopbesitzer Nol van Shaik, der den Willie Wortel Cannabis Shop in Harlem gegründet hat, organisiert. Nol van Shaik will mit dem Streik die Coffeeshopbetreiber und ihre Kunden darauf aufmerksam machen, dass, sollte eine rechts-konservative Regierung gewählt werden, sie nicht nett zu dem Handel sein werden.

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Dutch coffeeshop owner Nol van Schaik is calling all coffeeshop owners for a nationwide strike during the Dutch national parliament election day on June 9. By keeping the doors of coffeeshops closed for one day, he wants to warn visitors that this could become an everyday reality when rightwing parties form a coalition.

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