Mephedrone, a white powder, is sold legally as a plant fertiliser but has become popular among some as a recreational drug.
The risk was that younger recreational drug users would fail to complete some treatment programme and would end up being further criminalised.
In recent years, ketamine - developed as an animal and human anaesthetic - has become a recreational drug among the post-rave generation.
Such thefts have increased across Scotland in recent weeks, with fears that it is being used to power boy racers' cars or as a recreational drug.
Authorities in the Indian state of Bihar have imposed restrictions on the sale of a cough syrup after reports that it was being widely used as a recreational drug.
Part of the problem for law enforcement officers going after the illegal use of nitrous oxide is that its distribution or use as a recreational drug is only a misdemeanor, officials said.
As you know, personal information like height, weight, medical conditions, propensity to take risks (skydiving and bungee jumping, etc.), alcohol consumption and recreational drug use are required disclosures on an insurance application.
Ten years later Rapp, the ceo of Wet Planet Beverages in Rochester, New York, was in the news again for rolling out XTC, an energy drink for club-hoppers (it's loaded with the caffeine-rich guarana berry) that shares the name of a recreational drug.
This complicates matters greatly for both Colorado and Washington, which also legalized the drug for recreational use in November.
The concern is that lorcaserin has the potential to cause mind-altering effects that might lead to diversion of the prescription drug for recreational purposes.
"It's an easy way to get your hands on an opiate-based drug, a painkiller, for recreational use, " Stillwell says.
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