A medical journal produced by students at Trinity College has been recalled, after it was discovered that a step-by-step guide to making mephedrone was included in the text.
The Trinity News reports that editors of the Trinity Student Medical Journal (TSMJ) were ordered to withdraw the publication after it advised how to make the drug from commercially available products in an article entitled ‘Inspiration from Breaking Bad’: The Synthesis of Mephedrone from Legally-Acquired Domestic Substances’.
It is believed that all copies were recalled on Friday, a day after it been launched at a reception in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, and the offending article had been featured on the front page as it was considered the “best piece of original research by the publication’s editorial team”. The information had been intended to have practical applications for Garda officials investigating illegal drug labs.
