Investigators have learned that there have been two cases this year of people jumping to their deaths from apartment buildings after ingesting products containing ingredients similar to LSD, a synthetic drug that is not regulated by law. I learned this from the interview.
When it comes to dangerous drugs, once they are regulated by law, a cat-and-mouse situation continues in which unregulated similar ingredients are created, and experts caution that ``careless use should be avoided at all costs.''
According to investigators, between January and the following month, a male student in his 20s attending a university in western Japan and a woman in her 20s living in Tokyo ingested products containing ingredients similar to the synthetic drug LSD. Also, it was confirmed one after another that he had jumped to his death from an apartment building.
In each of the apartment rooms, products with the name of an ingredient similar to LSD, which is not regulated by law, called ``1D-LSD'' were found, and the Metropolitan Police Department The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Narcotics Control Department believe that ingesting this product may have caused him to become confused, leading to his jump.
After the deaths of two people were confirmed, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare banned the sale of six types of products, including those containing the drug distributed under the name "1D-LSD," in stores nationwide and on the Internet based on the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act. I issued an order to do so.
However, when dangerous drugs similar to illegal drugs such as cannabis and LSD are regulated by law, it continues to be a cat-and-mouse game in which unregulated similar substances are created.
Professor Masahiko Funada of Shonan Medical University, who is an expert on the harmful effects of drugs, said, ``Some newly synthesized dangerous drugs have stronger effects than regulated drugs, so just because they are not regulated does not mean they are safe.'' "No. Using dangerous drugs is an extremely dangerous act that involves using one's own body to investigate the harmful effects of the drug, so please avoid using it casually."