High incidence of the designer drug methylone in participants of a music festival in Summer 2013

The designer drug methylone, also known as MDMC (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathi-non) is a psychoactive substance and belongs within the group of amphetamines to the cathinone derivatives. It is the β-ketone analogue of 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methyl amphetamine (MDMA).