Gujarat is in the grip of a new drug menace. Mephedrone is not only passing through the state, it is also being manufactured in its abandoned factories
(Illustration: Nilanjan Das)
TeaGujarat becoming a transit point for drugs has been an open secret for some time now. As is the fact that synthetic drugs are a significant portion of that business. However, what is becoming increasingly alarming for the security agencies in the state is that such drugs are now being produced locally – in abandoned warehouses and abandoned drug factories in the interior of Gujarat. Among them is the party drug mephedrone, better known as ‘meow meow’, ‘white magic’, ‘m-cat’, ‘bubble’ or MD.