Mephedrone-related deaths in the UK 2000-2012

This statistic shows the amount of mephedrone-related deaths reported to NPSAD in the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2012. Mephedrone is known as a 'legal high' and also referred to in slang as 'Meow Meow', 'drone' and 'MCAT'. Since 2009, mephedrone has been implicated in a total of 66 deaths in the UK. The peak came in 2010, at 32 deaths.

Number of mephedrone-related deaths reported to NPSAD in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2000 to 2012

Characteristic	Number of deaths
2012	14
2011	15
2010	32
2009	5
2008	0

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Release date

February 2014

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2012

Supplementary notes

* Data also includes figures from Guernsey, Jersey, and the Isle of Man.
National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD) drug-related deaths are those deaths reported voluntarily to the NPSAD by coroners.
An NPSAD case is defined as a death where any of the following criteria are met at a completed inquest, fatal accident inquiry or similar investigation: - One or more psychoactive substance directly implicated in death;
- History of dependence or abuse of psychoactive drugs;
- Presence of Controlled Drugs at post mortem; or
- Cases with deaths directly due to drugs but with no inquest.
The deaths detailed here are those which involved mephedrone as an implicated substance. There may also have been other implicated substances in any of these cases.

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