check out this forum:
http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43273
it's a forum for more intellectually minded drug users.
by the way, when they say "SWIM" they mean "someone who isn't me," it's a way to not self incriminate
When they say "morish" or "moreish" it means that when you're on the drug, the craving for more is very pronounced.
looks like it has mixed reviews. some say it's a great euphoria, some say it's overblown and doesn't do much, some say they've had really bad experiences on it.
Personally, it's too new a drug and there's not enough information about on it. I wouldn't try it without knowing more about it and having seeing it around more for awhile. But as for the story in the post, I would take it as being very overblown (though certainly I agree that teens shouldn't be doing it).
Usually when you hear these horror stories, they're the worst case scenarios but not the typical scenarios. Take ecstacy. The articles about E were almost identical to this above one: oh, it's the worst thing ever, it will ruin your life, you'll be addicted. Look at these kids who have died or turned into drug fiends. Blah blah blah. Well I used to be really big in the club scene in college, and pretty much everyone did E, and yeah there were a couple kids who got addicted and wrecked their lives, but the vast vast majority managed to do it recreationally and not have any problem. (just like with that legal drug alcohol)
But then sometimes you get drugs like meth or oxycontin, that really ARE as bad as the government says they are
That's the problem with governments like the US. They treat all drugs with the same fatalism and lie about the ones that aren't actually a big deal, and then you don't know when they're actually telling the truth about one that really IS wicked dangerous.
I suspect the name is a reference to the fact that it's based on the active ingredient in khat.
