Internet celebrities “carrying goods” and “weight loss drugs” are actually drugs. Shanghai investigates and handles more than 200 cases of illegal use of “weight loss drugs” containing mental and narcotic drugs
China News Service, August 17 (Reporter Li Shuzheng) The Shanghai Narcotics Control Office held a press conference on the 17th. The reporter learned from the conference that since this year, the Shanghai police have investigated and dealt with more than 200 cases of illegal use of "diet pills" containing mental and narcotic drugs. case.
With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, people have higher requirements for losing weight and shaping themselves, and some people seek "the magical medicine for beauty." According to the official, a kind of "net celebrity" and "DC weight-loss drug" imported from Thailand is actually a new type of drug containing phentermine and diazepam. Such "magic medicine for weight loss" has even been recommended by micro-businessmen and "carried out" by live broadcast platform anchors.
The Shanghai police said at the scene that since this year, Shanghai has investigated and dealt with drug users who illegally use psychotropic and narcotic drugs, and 85% of those using "diet pills" containing controlled essence and narcotic drugs have been used.
According to Li Jian, director of the Anti-drug Guidance Office of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, in recent years, the Shanghai stock market has seen a sharp decline in traditional drug crimes and the spread of drug crimes has been further curbed. However, there is a certain upward trend in drug crimes involving psychoactive and narcotic drugs. Since 2018, the illegal use of psychotropic and narcotic drugs in the Shanghai Stock Exchange has shown a high incidence of growth.
Illegal drugs such as "diet pills" illegally flowed into China from abroad mostly contain Chinese-controlled psychotropic ingredients, such as amfepramone, phentermine, diazepam ("diet pills"), nitrazepam, flunitrazin Pan ("hypnotics"), modafinil, Ritalin ("smart drugs"), etc. All of the above ingredients were included in the "Catalogue of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Drugs" in China in 2005, subject to strict catalog control and administrative licensing, etc. Measures.
Due to the lack of legal awareness of some people and the lack of anti-virus capabilities, they purchase and use such "diet pills", and there is an increasing trend of "love of beauty" becoming "drug abuse." The police said that the move not only violated laws and regulations, but also caused physical damage.
According to Tong Ming, deputy director of the Drug Enforcement Division of the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, from the situation of the cases solved by the police, after taking such "diet pills", "sleeping pills" and "smart pills", users have increased heart rate, nausea, and headaches. And other symptoms; even serious conditions such as anxiety, depression, manic irritability, anorexia and anorexia. (Finish)