Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Happy Five

Yesterday morning, 5 kindergarten students in Jakarta suddenly passed out and put the school in chaos. Why?
Turn out that one of the student mum had found the happy 5 ( H5) stripes in her husband travel bags the night before. The H5 tabs (3 stripes) were wrap in Alpine chocolate wrap. The mum suspected nothing, She put them in the fridge and gave to her kid the next morning.
The kids as usual, always share things , right? She shared them with his friends in school and within minutes, they're 'fly' and fainted and one of them even passed out after walked and hit the wall.
Do you what is Happy 5? I don't.
Turn out it's a kind of tranquilizer which contain Nimetazepam . English please... OK OK..
Nimetazepam has a reputation for being particularly subject to abuse (known as 'Happy 5', sold as an Ecstasy replacement without a hangover), especially by persons addicted to amphetamines or opiates. For this reason it is no longer sold in most Western nations, but is still a significant drug of abuse in some Asian countries such as Japan and Malaysia.
In Singapore, nimetazepam is a Class A-Schedule I controlled drug, along with another benzodiazepine, temazepam
In Hong Kong, nimetazepam is regulated under Schedule 1 of Hong Kong's Chapter 134 Dangerous Drugs Ordinance. Nimetazepam can only be used legally by health professionals and for university research purposes.
( I quote them from Wikipedia )
These children have consumed 11 tabs of H5 and in critical condition of overdosed.
The rest 19 tabs and the case were under police investigate now.
So mummy out there, beware! Warn your children never ever accept anything to eat , even from best friend, if it was wrap like medicines... Cause it is dangerous!

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