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“We want this killer substance banned before it’s too late,” said the victim’s father. “He bought it for peanuts off the web. It came with a warning to only take 1/16th of a teaspoon, how was he to know that taking two full spoons while drinking would cause him problems? Our country’s drug laws have let us down once again.”
The bitter, white crystalline alkaloid, chemical name 7-methyltheophylline, acts as a central nervous system stimulant, giving addicts a buzz similar to amphetamine. “I feel great after taking it,” said one user, who wished to remain anonymous. “It helps me get out of bed in the mornings. I’m not ashamed at all. It makes me feel sharp and alive – it’s just what I need when the day is getting me down.”
But the buzz wears off quickly, often leaving addicts repeatedly using the substance throughout the day.
Even more disturbingly, The Yorker can exclusively reveal after an independent investigation that the legal high is often used as an ingredient in drinks sold freely up and down the country.
“I’m not sure that people realise just what they’re taking,” said an MP. “They think because it’s legal and everyone is doing it, it’s fine. Well, it’s not. It’s an addictive, psychoactive stimulant. I’m submitting a Private Member’s Bill with the aim of putting warning labels on any drink containing this potentially lethal drug, much like the ones we currently have on cigarettes and tobacco.”
Scientific reports suggest that as much as ninety percent of the country may wittingly or unwittingly consume M-Caff every day.
“It starts off harmlessly enough,” said one reformed addict. “My friends and I would go out and take M-Caff at any time of day, sometimes even in the morning. It made us all more social, more alert. But it’s a small step from social M-Caff use to sitting in your room dosing over and over again. One night I stayed awake till 6am using it, and the next day I fell asleep in my lecture. That’s when I knew I had to quit.”
“Some of my friends even combine it with alcohol on a night out, and invariably wake up the next day without socks and trousers in a mulberry bush.”
Female students have even suggested that M-Caff is used as a date-rape drug, with one reportedly saying, “After three double vodka Red Bulls, I’m anyone’s.”
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