Several minors are intoxicated with clonazepam in Mexico due to a TikTok challenge

At least 15 students from an elementary school located in the municipality of

in the central region of

, were poisoned by consuming

the municipal government reported Monday through a statement.

"It is presumed that the students ingested the medication as part of a challenge that has gone viral on social networks," the letter stated.

On January 25, the Mexican Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) alerted young people to the risk involved in a challenge that has gone

on the TikTok platform.

The game, called '

consists of consuming controlled drugs that induce sleep and trying to stay on edge for as long as possible.

"The inappropriate consumption, without medical supervision and irresponsible of drugs with anxiolytic properties such as clonazepam, has side effects that range from

coordination problems, headache, muscle or joint pain," he said. Cofepris in a statement.

The authorities of Guanajuato, the capital of the state that bears the same name, reported DE that this Monday morning they received a call from a woman who asked for help because two elementary school students were intoxicated.

Upon arriving at the place, the authorities identified 15 students, between the ages of

, with symptoms of clonazepam poisoning, for which they were transferred to different clinics to assess their state of health.

This phenomenon has grown alarmingly in Mexico.

Only in January, more than

were reported when putting into practice this challenge that went viral on TikTok.

The Mexican authorities identified in 2022 around 500 incidents involving minors derived from this type of challenge.

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