Demystifying online celebrity’s ＂Thailand DC Diet Pill＂： It is a new drug with dependence.
It is claimed to be a "DC slimming drug" imported from Thailand, but it is actually a "new drug". Such a miracle drug for losing weight was even recommended by Wechat business crazily, and the anchor of the live broadcast platform brought the goods.
On August 17th, The Paper learned from the Shanghai Anti-drug Office that in recent years, many illegal drugs such as "diet pills" illegally flowed into China from abroad contained psychotropic drugs controlled by China, such as amfepramone, phentermine, diazepam ("diet pills"), nitrazepam, flunitrazepam ("sleeping pills"), modafinil and ritalin ("smart drugs").
Among them, "amfepramone" mainly stimulates the nerve center of hypothalamus, which makes people feel full, can control appetite and reduce food intake, but will improve the excitability of the body, and is prone to inexplicable mood swings or insomnia, emotional excitement, etc. Fentamine mostly acts on animal parasympathetic nerves to control appetite or calm down. The research published in The Lancet shows that "with the increase of dosage, cognitive and mental disorders will increase correspondingly", and although such drugs are widely used to lose weight in the United States and other regions, there is no long-term randomized controlled study to prove their effectiveness and safety.
And "Diazepam" is similar to the domestic antipsychotic drugs, which are mostly used for anti-anxiety, sedation and hypnosis, and have tolerance and dependence after long-term use.
Controlled drugs seized by the police. The Paper reporter Zhu Yitu
Therefore, from the above-mentioned components and pharmacological effects of "diet pills", it belongs to the definition of drugs (narcotic drugs and refined drugs that can make people addicted to drugs) stipulated by the state.
Controlled drugs seized by the police. The Paper reporter Zhu Yitu
In recent years, with the development of social economy and the improvement of living standards, the general public has higher requirements for their own weight loss and shaping. However, due to the lack of legal knowledge and weak awareness of prevention, and the fact that some unscrupulous businesses even deliberately speculate on the so-called "online celebrity products" for profit-seeking purposes, some online platforms are flooded with all kinds of information and advertisements that are difficult to distinguish between true and false.
In this context, due to the lack of legal awareness and anti-virus and anti-drug ability of some people, such "diet pills" have been purchased and used, and the situation has an increasing trend. It not only violates laws and regulations, but also causes its own harmful consequences.
Earlier, according to media reports, a woman who lives in Wu Kang Road bought 750 yuan’s "DC diet pills" in the so-called "overseas student purchasing shop" on the online shopping platform. Unexpectedly, after taking them one month after another, the weight loss effect was ordinary, but the police found the door and said that she was suspected of taking drugs. According to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, more than 200 cases of suspected "DC diet pills" have been investigated this year.
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According to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, from the cracked cases, such "diet pills", "sleeping pills" and "smart drugs" have symptoms such as increased heart rate, nausea and headache after taking them; There are even serious situations such as anxiety and depression, mania and irritability, anorexia and world-weariness.
With the joint efforts of the city’s anti-drug departments at all levels, the number of traditional drug-related crimes in Shanghai has dropped sharply, and the breeding and spread of drug-related crimes have been further controlled. However, drug-related crimes involving psychotropic and narcotic drugs are on the rise. Since 2018, the illegal use of psychotropic and narcotic drugs in the city has shown a high growth trend.
Since the beginning of this year, 85% of drug addicts who illegally use psychotropic and narcotic drugs (such as "diet pills" and "sleeping pills") in Shanghai have used "diet pills" containing controlled drugs.
In the next step, multi-departments will jointly continue to increase the following work: first, continue to increase publicity and education for the public to prevent more people from repeating the same mistakes, so as to form a consensus on anti-drug and improve their ability to refuse drugs; The second is to urge all kinds of network platforms to carry out clean-up and rectification, remove, shut down and block the links of individual illegal merchants, and strengthen the sales and advertising review of "drugs"; The third is to strengthen the investigation and control of new types of drugs on the Internet, or items containing drug ingredients and toxic and harmful information, and truly establish an online and offline joint investigation and control mechanism to effectively safeguard the physical and mental health of the broad masses of the people.
"Smurfs, milk tea, and smart drugs have always maintained a high degree of sensitivity to these new drugs in Shanghai, and timely detect and crack down on them to avoid circulation. However, the same people should be cautious about drugs to be imported, and don’t be numb and hurt others." Li Jian, director of the Anti-drug Guidance Department of the Political and Legal Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, reminded that citizens are welcome to report actively, and the reward standard has been raised.