Psychoactive bath salts: not so soothing
Lopez-Arnau et al. (2012) reported that administration of mephedrone, methylone, or the related compound butylone (5, 10 or 25 mg/kg, i.p.), elicits dose-dependent hyperactivity in mice, and these effects are antagonized by pretreatment with the serotonin-2 receptor blocker ketanserin or the dopamine-2 receptor blocker haloperidol. Several investigations have reported that mephedrone produces locomotor stimulant effects …
