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Teens taking 'taxi' to addiction (What a large amount of? (bottles…
Teens taking 'taxi' to addiction
What are teenagers?
increasingly
using
new concoction derived from
prescription drug for
cheap high
What is Taxi made of?
casual for
tramadol
made of
prescription opioid pain medication
Does tramadol is illegal?
No
because
drug comes in
yellow
green
What This widespread misuse of?
tramadol recently captured public
attention
led a police crackdown beginning August 17 when 20 spots in Bangkok been spread
What is the operation is a joint initiative between?
between
Royal Thai Police
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
What happen in one raid that day?
five suspects
were detained
What a large amount of?
powdered tramadol
capsule-filling machine
filled capsules
bottles of cough syrup
seized at
commercial premises
in tambon Suan Luang, Krathum Baen district, Samut Sakhon
Who is Pol Col Thiradet Thamsuthi and what said?
deputy chief of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau
Technology Crime Suppression Division had received complaints from parents of high school and university students about drastic changes in their behaviour which they suspected were caused by drug use
What happen with children?
been missing
school
isolating from family and friend
10.How they help children from missing?
drug suppression team
sent to get
acquainted
children
after several day
police
gained
trust
began
What he said?
At first, the officers were puzzled when they were told by one of the teenagers that he was hooked on taxi. The police searched the teenager's room and found some green and yellow capsules
Where police bring them to?
FDA
lab tests were
conducted to determine
What FDA confirmed?
they were
tramadol
doctor normally
prescribe to patients
suffering from extreme pain for
painkiller is ineffective
What Pol Col Thiradet said?
Some teenagers interviewed said that they mixed 20 capsules-worth of tramadol with cough syrup and would then sip the concoction to experience what they called a pleasant "drifting" sensation
Where Investigators managed to locate?
pharmacies suspected of
selling to underage users
What the police and FDA tried?
trace origin
of tramadol
sold at
these pharmacies
but, if the production not approved by
FDA
What Pol Col Thiradet said?
Unauthorised producers of tramadol are regarded as makers of fake medicine. But police are required to find and seize the containers, labels and medicine first
Unauthorised producers of tramadol are regarded as makers of fake medicine. But police are required to find and seize the containers, labels and medicine first
Each container of tramadol contains 1,000 capsules and is sold for 1,700 baht, while the average retail price of the drug is 3.50 baht per capsule, which makes it affordable to most teens
Who is Deputy Tourist Police chief Surachate "Big Joke" Hakparn and he warned?
supervising operations
to halt the rising abuse of
tramadol
the illegal trade of the drug