“…Although now controlled together with MDPV and methylone under schedule 2 of the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971 (UNODC, ), and technically no longer an NPS, mephedrone still requires monitoring and investigating, especially because mephedrone‐related dependence and fatalities continue to occur on a regular basis (PHE, ; ISD, ; ONS, ; NRS, ; NISRA, ). Synthetic cathinones have been widely prevalent among clubbers, high‐risk drug users such as heroin‐injecting users, MSM (i.e., men who have sex with men), and abstinence treatment entrants (EMCDDA, ; Heikman, Sundström, Pelander, & Ojanperä, ). ‘Slamming’ (i.e., intravenous administration) cathinones became very popular in group sex because it improves mood and induces sexual disinhibition (Batisse, Grégoire, Marillier, Fortias, & Djezzar, ).…”