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  • noun organic chemistry The aromatic amine 2-amino-1-phenyl-1-propanone that is the active ingredient of khat

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  • Ryan said cathinone, the parent substance of the drugs, comes from a plant grown in Africa and is regulated.

    Bath Salts: A Growing Drug Problem? AP 2011

  • Ryan said cathinone, the parent substance of the drugs, comes from a plant grown in Africa and is regulated.

    Bath Salts: A Growing Drug Problem? AP 2011

  • Ryan said cathinone, the parent substance of the drugs, comes from a plant grown in Africa and is regulated.

    Officials fear bath salts are growing drug problem 2011

  • Officials also found new stimulants belonging to the cathinone family, and new synthetic cannabinoids, which are similar to marijuana.

    Report: New 'Legal Highs' Multiplying in Europe Jeanne Whalen 2011

  • Ryan said cathinone, the parent substance of the drugs, comes from a plant grown in Africa and is regulated.

    Bath Salts: A Growing Drug Problem? AP 2011

  • Ryan said cathinone, the parent substance of the drugs, comes from a plant grown in Africa and is regulated.

    Bath Salts: A Growing Drug Problem? AP 2011

  • Mephedrone is a synthetic form of cathinone, the active ingredient in khat, a stimulant popular in parts of Africa, said Steven Grant, chief of the clinical neuroscience branch at the U.S.

    U.K. Seeks Mephedrone Ban 2010

  • Mephedrone is a synthetic form of cathinone, the active ingredient in khat, a stimulant popular in parts of Africa, said Steven Grant, chief of the clinical neuroscience branch at the U.S.

    U.K. Seeks Mephedrone Ban 2010

  • The BMJ letter says that NRG-1 is one of the most prominently discussed second-generation products which have been offered as legal substitutes for mephedrone and five other related pschoactive cathinone compounds which essentially imitate the effects of amphetamines.

    Drug watchdog recommends ban on mephedrone substitutes 2010

  • Mephedrone is a synthetic form of cathinone, the active ingredient in khat, a stimulant popular in parts of Africa, said Steven Grant, chief of the clinical neuroscience branch at the U.S.

    U.K. Seeks Mephedrone Ban 2010

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