Class B

Methoxetamine (MXE)

Also called: Mexxy, Mexy, Mket, Moxy, Mxe, Rhino ket, Roflcoptr

A white powder, chemically related to dissociative anaesthetics like ketamine and PCP, with similar effects

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How does it make you feel?

Users have reported that they had used methoxetamine (MXE) because they couldn’t get ketamine or because they thought it wouldn’t hurt their bladder, which ketamine does.

However, there is no evidence to support this and it is possible that MXE will turn out to be as toxic as ketamine in this regard.

Although there is little known about MXE we do know that it is chemically related to dissociative anaesthetics like ketamine and PCP. So it’s reasonable to assume that it shares some of the same effects and risks. This is backed up by reports from people that have used MXE and doctors who have treated people who have taken MXE.

The effects of MXE tend to be similar to ketamine effects, but are more intense and longer lasting and include:

MXE can make people feel very chilled out, relaxed and euphoric. Some users have said that they feel ‘enlightened’ when taking MXE. Others have reported being agitated.
MXE can produce a feeling of ‘floating away’, as if the mind and body are separated (called a ‘dissociative state’). You could feel completely detached from your body and surroundings, putting yourself in danger of accidentally being hurt or being hurt by others.
MXE can cause hallucinations.

How does it make people behave?

Other dissociative effects can develop, even a severe form of dissociation, catatonia, when someone is awake but doesn’t respond to or interact with anything.

MXE can also cause involuntary eye movement, loss of balance and poor coordination, unsteadiness on your feet and slurred speech. These effects are not seen when people use ketamine.

How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on how much you’ve taken, your size and what other drugs you may have also taken.

To kick in

It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes for the effects of methoxetamine (MXE) to be felt, but sometimes it can take 60 to 90 minutes.

This can lead to some people thinking that they haven’t taken enough, so they take more and end up taking too much and having a bad time.

Physical health risks

There have been no confirmed deaths from methoxetamine (MXE) and nobody knows the long-term risks of using MXE, and how similar the risks are to ketamine. But we do have a better idea of some of the short term risks:

Hallucinations.
Dissociative effects can develop, which make you feel like your mind and body are separated, and even a severe form of dissociation, catatonia, when someone is awake but doesn’t respond to, or interact with, anything.
Being in a dissociative state at the same time as hallucinating, make it more likely that you will take risks that you normally wouldn’t. So you could end up hurting yourself or being hurt by others.
Because of its strength, it’s reportedly easier to take too much and overdose on MXE. Compared to many other powder drugs, you only need to take a small amount of MXE to have a substantial effect.
MXE is marketed as a replacement for ketamine, but without ketamine's harmful effect on the bladder. However, there is no evidence to support this. It is possible that MXE will turn out to be as toxic as ketamine in this regard.
It appears that MXE can make the heart beat faster than it should (called tachycardia) and increases blood pressure. Both of which might lead to a range of problems including heart attacks or strokes.
MXE can also cause involuntary eye movement, loss of balance and poor coordination, unsteadiness on your feet and slurred speech. These effects are not seen when people use ketamine.
Injecting MXE can damage the veins and can cause serious problems such as abscesses (swollen areas of tissue that are full of pus) and blood clots. Sharing injecting equipment, including needles and syringes, risks infection with hepatitis C and B viruses and HIV.

What is methoxetamine cut with?

There is virtually no evidence about this yet, but early tests have found methoxetamine (MXE) that was cut with benzocaine and caffeine.

It’s possible that what you think is MXE is a different drug instead, with different effects and risks.

One sample that was tested contained mephedrone, a class B drug.

Although there is very little evidence about its short and long-term effects, we do know that it is chemically related to dissociative anaesthetics like ketamine and PCP, and has similar effects.

From anecdotal reports, methoxetamine (MXE) appears to be much stronger than ketamine, so users should take extra care to avoid overdosing by only using small amounts.

Reportedly, because of its strength, only small pinches (or bumps) of methoxetamine are snorted – and not full lines.

Some people prefer to dissolve it in water or place it under their tongue, where it’s dissolved and taken into the bloodstream, but it can also be swallowed (bombed) or injected.

Injecting is a particularly risky route for overdose. And by injecting and sharing injecting equipment, including needles and syringes, users run the risk of catching or spreading a virus, such as HIV or hepatitis C. There is also the risk that veins may be damaged and that something nasty will develop, such as an abscess or a clot.

Class: B

This is a Class B drug, which means it’s illegal to have for yourself, give away or sell.
Possession can get you up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.
Supplying someone else, even your friends, can get you up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both.

Like drink-driving, driving when high is dangerous and illegal. If you’re caught driving under the influence, you may receive a heavy fine, driving ban, or prison sentence.

If the police catch people supplying illegal drugs in a home, club, bar or hostel, they can potentially prosecute the landlord, club owner or any other person concerned in the management of the premises.

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