Recently, the Public Security Bureau of Ji'an County, Jiangxi Province, successfully cracked a drug abuse case, and the "report" of drug use was actually a smoke alarm.
On March 8, a smoke alarm in a hotel room in Ji'an County suddenly sounded, and five guests in the room panicked and hurriedly packed their luggage and "fled" the scene. The hotel service staff found that they were unstable, staggered, and very suspicious in the process of "escaping", and immediately called the police.
The police investigation found that Peng, Guo, Liu, Xiao, and Wang were all drug addicts. The police tracked all the way to Fengcheng City and seized all 5 people hiding in a hotel.
After testing, the ingredient "etomidate" was detected in the hair of the above five people. All five confessed.
Etomidate
A white powdery substance insoluble in water, which is a non-barbiturate intravenous short-acting hypnotic drug, which is mainly in two dosage forms in medical treatment: water and emulsion. It has a strong inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, which is mainly suitable for general anesthesia induction, and can also be used for short-term surgical anesthesia.
Some drug dealers and addicts have found some stimulants, sedatives, narcotics and other new active substances to replace the original drugs in pursuit of huge profits and thrills, and etomidate is one of them. Criminals add it to e-cigarettes to make people addictive and harmful to health.
Etomidate is more harmful to the brain and nervous system, and users are very likely to form dependence. Symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, blurred vision, slurred speech, hand tremors, fatigue, irritability, and memory gaps may occur after smoking. Long-term abuse can cause mental disorders that affect people's emotions, thinking, and volitional behaviors, such as temper tantrums, and even cause death when they exceed the range of physical tolerance.
Source: Guangzhou anti-drug WeChat public account