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On April 20th, the Nowon Police Station announced, "We have indictment without detention and are investigating 16 people on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act."
They are suspected of buying and selling an appetite suppressant classified as a narcotic called 'Butterfly medicine' at a hospital and selling it through SNS.
They took advantage of the fact that hospitals can easily prescribe appetite suppressants, which are classified as narcotics, and targeted young people who could not receive prescriptions or who wanted to purchase drugs. An investigation found that three of the suspects were teenagers.
The police have been aware of the illegal online trafficking of medicines classified as narcotics, and have been tracking the illegal sellers since February.
During the police investigation, the suspects said they "didn't know it was illegal."
The police said, "We plan to send documents to prosecutors as soon as the investigation is over."
Known as 'butterfly medicine' because of its butterfly-like shape, the drug contains the ingredient 'pentamine hydrochloride' and is mainly used as an appetite suppressant. It is known for its high diet effects, such as being able to lose weight easily in a short period of time, but since it is a psychotropic drug, there is a risk of falling into a addiction state and side effects such as hallucinations and auditory hallucinations when misused or abused.
For this reason, for adolescents under the age of 18, when treating obesity, priority is given to diet therapy and exercise therapy, so appetite suppressants cannot be prescribed.
However, it has recently become a problem, with teenagers who have become very interested in dieting and those who are trying to obtain appetite suppressants without a doctor's prescription buying the drug illegally on the Internet.
2023/03/27 10:56 KST
