In response to rumors that the former director of a company surnamed Sun was sentenced to death for drug production and trafficking, a version of the note allegedly from Sun's former colleague circulated online:
Because Sun mou suffered from depression, he bought the drug Adra for treatment on behalf of overseas, and the amphetamine in the drug was replaced with methamphetamine (that is, methamphetamine), and was tested positive for drugs by the customs, so Sun was arrested by the police in the name of smuggling drugs and prosecuted by the procuratorate. He made neither drug production nor drug trafficking, nor was he sentenced to death.
At present, we have not found any public reports or relevant adjudication documents on this incident, and the truth of the facts has yet to be verified. But the one mentioned in this note, because I was arrested for buying medicine, is actually not an isolated case, and it is worth talking to you.
Adra cures depression? The buyer was pitted by the seller
The active ingredients of adderall mentioned above are amphetamine and dextranine, which belong to the central nervous system stimulant, which is similar to the molecular structure and principle of action of methamphetamine (methamphetamine).
In China, Japan, South Korea and other countries, Adra is a strictly prohibited item, and drugs containing amphetamines are prohibited from entering the country; in the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, Adra is a controlled drug that requires a prescription.
The drug's approved legitimate use in some countries is primarily to control attention deficit symptoms in patients with ADHD, and its therapeutic effect stems from its effects on the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine, in addition to the U.S. FDA also approved the drug for the treatment of narcolepsy.
Adra Pills for the Treatment of ADHD | Stand cool Heero
Adela's recognized indications do not include depression. Although it is true that it has been used for refractory depression, it is controversial whether this practice is reasonable and effective.
We were unable to retrieve studies that tested the high level of credibility of Adela's effects on depression. The University of California has a related research program, but the program's expected completion date is June 2022 [1].
The effect of Adela in treating depression is unclear, and on the other hand, its side effects are quite large.
Because it activates adrenergic receptors extensively, amphetamines can also bring many side effects outside the brain, such as rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, body tremors, severe caries, and so on.
In addition, amphetamines produce euphoria, hallucinations, and repeated use can lead to drug dependence, and such drugs do have a greater risk of abuse. People may start using amphetamine-based drugs in the name of relieving fatigue, improving performance, losing weight, etc., and become dependent on them over long periods of time.
Psychotropic drugs are extremely strictly controlled, don't mess with them!
Amphetamines are listed as the first type of psychotropic drugs in China's "Catalogue of Psychotropic Substances (2013 Edition)" and are strictly controlled.
Psychotropic substances include a range of substances that act on the central nervous system and are at risk of drug dependence and abuse, and in our country they are controlled to the same degree as narcotic drugs, toxic drugs and radioactive drugs.
In China, psychotropic drugs as legal drugs have the corresponding green mark on the packaging
According to the Regulations on the Administration of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances[2] issued in 2016, Class I psychotropic substances shall not be retailed, and medical institutions that need to use Class I psychotropic substances shall purchase them from designated wholesale enterprises after approval by the competent health department of the people's government at the districted municipal level where they are located.
In addition, if a medical institution wants to apply for the use of the first type of psychotropic substances, it must also have a complete and strict transportation, storage and management system, such as a special person who should be responsible for escorting transportation when transporting by road or waterway, and the storage of special warehouses and counters should implement double-lock management.
Is used normally by the patient to exert a therapeutic effect,
It's the medicine
If it is for therapeutic purposes, such as to treat ADHD, then according to the doctor's prescription, the relevant psychotropic drugs can be purchased in regular medical institutions.
But many people want psychotropic drugs not to treat a disease, but to see them as "smart drugs", "diet pills", or home remedies for depression, in which case doctors do not prescribe them and cannot obtain drugs through formal channels.
There is demand, formal access can not be obtained, and the control is strict, which naturally breeds gray areas.
But the risks of the same drug ingredients, through legal channels, under the guidance of a doctor, and obtained from informal channels, are very different.
Drugs circulated through informal channels often lack the corresponding label and instruction information, and sometimes they do not even know what ingredients are added and what the content is, and the use lacks the evaluation and monitoring of doctors, and there are many unknown risks.
As in the opening paragraph, there is a situation where the amphetamine of the active ingredient of the drug is replaced with methamphetamine, and the risk of addiction of the drug is greatly increased.
In addition to health risks, there may also be suspected of breaking the law.
Judicial organs in various places have different attitudes towards the handling of illegal drug circulation cases, and there are major disputes in all aspects of how to determine the facts, which law to apply, and how to make legal reasoning.
Is amphetamine replaced with methamphetamine? More than one
On the China Prosecutor's Website, a search using Adela as a keyword reveals three legal documents involving drug smuggling[4,5,6], all of which were found to be positive when Tianjin Customs inspected the express mail, and then police detained the three people involved on March 19 and arrested them in late April.
The three cases searched using Adela | China Prosecutorial Network
All three involved purchased a net weight of 11.20 grams of Andra pills for 3,300 yuan, of which methamphetamine (methamphetamine) contained 2.77%, which translates to 0.25 grams of methamphetamine in the package.
The trouble is that because the three people involved are the direct recipients of overseas mailed packages, they are suspected of smuggling drugs.
Compared with drug possession, the sentencing of drug smuggling will be heavier, and the local procuratorates will handle these cases differently, with the decision of the procuratorate in guangzhou not to prosecute in two cases, while the decision of the Chongqing Municipal Procuratorate to prosecute another case.
How to handle the entry of such psychotropic substances is a legal issue, and it involves how the prosecution determines whether the perpetrator is subjectively and deliberately smuggling contraband, and whether the perpetrator has obtained controlled drugs for medical purposes, etc. The specific cases need to be analyzed in detail.
For the case of Chloebazan for the treatment of pediatric epilepsy, because the doctor issued a prescription, it can be determined that Chloebazan is used to treat the child's epilepsy, and the amount is small, so in the end the parents were not sued by the prosecution, only the purchasing agent was sued.
In the drug-related incident of internet celebrity diet pills introduced by Guo Hu earlier, some people were prosecuted for the crime of illegal possession of drugs for a large number of amphera ketones, which are also the first type of psychotropic drugs[7].
After understanding these cases, the most important point for us ordinary people is that we must follow the doctor's advice and trust the doctor's professional judgment.
Don't be tempted by informal channels because of curiosity or listening to rumors; if you do need drugs for medical purposes, getting them from informal channels is always a priority last, and you need to avoid the next step as much as possible.