Cantopop star Aaron Kwok Fu-shing has been appointed as an honorary narcotics commissioner as part of the Hong Kong government’s latest campaign to stamp out the increasingly popular novel drug etomidate. Secretary of Security Chris Tang Ping-keung announced Kwok’s honorary role at a publicity event for the “Anti-Drug, New Era” campaign on Sunday, while the…
Cantopop star Aaron Kwok Fu-shing has been appointed as an honorary narcotics commissioner as part of the Hong Kong government’s latest campaign to stamp out the increasingly popular novel drug etomidate. Secretary of Security Chris Tang Ping-keung announced Kwok’s honorary role at a publicity event for the “Anti-Drug, New Era” campaign on Sunday, while the…
Hong Kong authorities have renamed the emerging drug “space oil” as etomidate, after its main ingredient, as part of efforts to avoid promoting any positive feelings towards the narcotic. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also said on Thursday that police had intercepted 250,000 vape cartridges containing the drug in the first half of this…
A 17-year-old has died in a Hong Kong hospital after being found unconscious in his bedroom, where police also discovered the narcotic “space oil”, the Post has learned. A police source said on Monday that the teenager’s mother had attempted to wake him at their home in Cheung Sha Wan at around 8.45am on Sunday….
A 17-year-old has died in a Hong Kong hospital after being found unconscious in his bedroom, where police also discovered the narcotic “space oil”, the Post has learned. A police source said on Monday that the teenager’s mother had attempted to wake him at their home in Cheung Sha Wan at around 8.45am on Sunday….
There is evidence to show that vapes sold in Asia are increasingly laced with synthetic drugs and pharmaceutical products like etomidate. According to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published in May, products sold in Singapore as Kpods have been found to contain either etomidate or ketamine, which is…
There is evidence to show that vapes sold in Asia are increasingly laced with synthetic drugs and pharmaceutical products like etomidate. According to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published in May, products sold in Singapore as Kpods have been found to contain either etomidate or ketamine, which is…
Some Hong Kong teenagers using the illegal drug “space oil” were found to suffer from a possibly fatal condition in which levels of certain important hormones were drastically reduced, according to a study. Doctors involved in the research also found that the impact on young people’s health could persist even if they stopped using the…
Some Hong Kong teenagers using the illegal drug “space oil” were found to suffer from a possibly fatal condition in which levels of certain important hormones were drastically reduced, a study from a medical journal has found. Doctors involved in the research also found that the impact on young people’s health could persist even if…
Hong Kong is considering changing the name of the illegal narcotic “space oil” to “zombie oil”, as lawmakers raised concerns that the current title could romanticise the drug’s usage. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Wednesday revealed the plan to rename space oil, the main ingredient of which is the anaesthetic etomidate, after hearing…