This kind of vape gets you high, gets you hooked, and gets you jailed

I have heard of" above "e-cigarettesIs it? This kind of e-cigarette has been added with "material" and can be immediately "hit" with one bite. This so-called "high" is the short-term "pleasure" produced after inhaling new psychoactive substances such as synthetic cannabinoids and etomidate (also known as "planning drugs" or "laboratory drugs "), which is extremely harmful to the human body. serious.

Recently, under the overall command of the Anti-Drug Corps of the Hainan Province Public Security Department, and with the support of the Port and Shipping Public Security Bureau of the Hainan Province Public Security Department and other relevant business departments, the Qionghai City Public Security Bureau, in conjunction with the Third Detachment of the Coastal Police Corps of the Hainan Province Public Security Department and the Qionghai Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, successfully cracked the" 2023-6 "provincial drug target case, eliminated a gang that was entrenched in Qionghai selling e-cigarettes, and cut off a trafficking network channel that sold e-cigarettes containing etomidate. So far, 16 suspects have been arrested in the entire case, and "high-level" electronic products have been seized on the spot.smoke oilThere were 939 bombs, with a market value of more than 560,000 yuan, and 3 vehicles involved in the case were seized.

The police reminded that starting from October 1 this year, etomidate has been officially included in the list of Class II psychotropic drugs. "Shangshang" e-cigarettes containing etomidate are also drugs. Selling "drug-related e-cigarettes" is a drug trafficking act. Smoking "Shangshang" e-cigarettes is a drug abuse act and will face serious criminal and administrative penalties. The general public, especially young people, must be vigilant against temptation, resolutely resist drugs, and never let curiosity and luck ruin their lives.# p#pagination title #e#

" Top "e-cigarettes become drug-related tools

At the beginning of this year, the anti-drug department of the Qionghai City Public Security Bureau discovered that there is a so-called e-cigarette that looks no different from ordinary e-cigarettes. Because it contains etomidate, it will be very" head "after smoking-at the mild level, it will experience dizziness, vomiting, trance, hallucinogenic reactions, and at the severe level, it will be shock, suffocation or even sudden death. In jargon, it is called" head "e-cigarette.

Police investigations found that etomidate, commonly known as" tobacco powder ", is a non-regulated addictive substance. Sellers often sell it under the guise of" legal exposure "," non-addictive "and" fashion trends ", and most of them use drugs. Drug ingredients cannot be detected and are very popular among young people. Faced with this new social problem, Qionghai police attached great importance to it and the anti-drug department immediately launched an in-depth investigation.

After a lot of preliminary investigation work, Qionghai police discovered that a group of idle people selling and smoking" Shangshang "e-cigarettes had been active in Qionghai Jiaji and Tanmen areas. Through in-depth investigation, it was found that the gang selling "high-level" e-cigarettes consisted of three parts: the behind-the-scenes financial owner responsible for funding, the agent responsible for distribution, and the horse boy responsible for running errands. The division of labor was clear and became a major hidden danger affecting the city's social security stability.

To this end, the Qionghai City Public Security Bureau, in conjunction with the Third Detachment of the Coast Police Corps of the Department, launched a case investigation and dispatched capable police forces to form a special task force. In view of the seriousness of the case, after reporting, the case was also listed as a "2023-6" provincial drug target case.

May 1, 2023 was the May Day Golden Week. The criminal suspect thought that the public security organs had no time to respond and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and drive across the sea to other provinces to purchase goods. However, he did not know that an invisible net was opening slowly towards them. Under the overall command of the Anti-Drug Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department and the cooperation of relevant business teams, the Qionghai City Public Security Bureau, the Third Detachment of the Department Coast Police Corps, and the Qionghai Tobacco Monopoly Bureau organized nearly 70 elite police officers to conduct a unified network closure operation.# p#pagination title #e#

On the same day, the first arrest team, with the strong support of the Port and Shipping Public Security Bureau of the Hainan Province Public Security Department, successfully intercepted two suspected vehicles at the Haikou New Harbor Terminal, arrested four suspects, and seized 627" top "e-smoke bombs in the central control mezzanine and trunk of the suspected vehicles.

After the initial battle was won, arrest teams on standby in Qionghai Jiaji, Tanmen and other areas closed their nets at the same time. With all members of the gang arriving at the case, a gang selling "high-level" e-cigarettes entrenched in Qionghai area was completely destroyed, and the city's first shot against the new drug "high-level" e-cigarettes was fired.

According to statistics, 16 criminal suspects were arrested in the entire case, a total of 939 "upper" e-cigarette oil bombs were seized, with a market price of more than 560,000 yuan, and 3 vehicles involved in the case were seized. At present, the 16 suspects in the case have all been transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. What awaits them will be severe legal sanctions.

New drug crimes show new characteristics

It is reported that the proportion of existing drug users in Qionghai City has dropped from 5.6‰ before 2016 to 0.37‰ now. The drug situation in the city continues to improve; the overall average consumption of drugs per 1,000 people is far lower than the national and provincial levels. In 2021, people's satisfaction with Qionghai's anti-drug work will reach 99.16%, ranking first in the province.

In recent years, Qionghai City has taken the opportunity of carrying out two consecutive rounds of three-year anti-drug conferences in the province and the creation of a provincial anti-drug demonstration city as the starting point. It has always maintained a high-pressure posture to crack down on drug crimes, innovated methods and methods, comprehensively managed drug problems, and achieved major phased results in anti-drug work.

In Qionghai, under the high-pressure crackdown, the cost of drug crimes has risen, the difficulty of importing traditional drugs has increased, and the price of drugs has also risen. As relevant departments strengthen anti-drug publicity, the public's awareness of drug prevention has become increasingly strengthened. Driven by huge profits, some criminals still take the risk and turn their attention to new drugs or drug substitutes with lower costs and looser supervision than traditional drugs.

Since the beginning of this year, non-regulated addictive substances represented by etomidate have rapidly spread in Qionghai City and even the province. Due to the low cost and strong addictive nature of smoking etomidate," Shangshang "e-cigarettes containing etomidate have become the best alternative for drug users to solve the" bite of poison ". Some people smell business opportunities and transport" Shangshang "e-cigarettes into the island to sell them to make money. This new type of drug is dressed in e-cigarettes, and it is also easy to lure young people and is extremely harmful.

" The 'high-level' e-cigarettes are cigarettes, not drugs. Even if they are caught, there is nothing they can do about me."This is the main reason why criminals who sell and abuse" high-level "e-cigarettes are fearless. They often have a history of drug abuse, drug addiction and even drug crimes, and most of them are "peddle-raising" drug traffickers.#p#Pagination Title #e#

In addition, people who sell" high-level "e-cigarettes often introduce offline transactions through acquaintances, often sell them across provinces, and distribute them layer by layer through online transactions, gradually forming a hidden" circle transaction." At the same time, the trend of networking criminal methods is obvious, and the use of contactless methods such as "Internet + logistics delivery + electronic payment" is more common, making evidence collection and case investigation more difficult.

In order to actively respond to the concerns and calls of the masses, continue to consolidate the city's anti-drug achievements, and effectively carry out the special anti-drug" vaccine protection "campaign for minors, in accordance with the deployment requirements of the three-year anti-drug" consolidating the foundation and preventing risks "campaign before the closure of Hainan Free Trade Port, the Public Security Bureau of Qionghai City took the initiative to study relevant laws and regulations, went to the Anti-Drug Corps of the Provincial Public Security Department and advanced units in the province to study and exchange, and invited courts, procuratorates, Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and other departments to intervene in advance to guide the investigation throughout the process and form a joint force of work. We cracked a series of cases of trafficking in "Shangshang" e-cigarettes, explored new ways to crack down on and rectify "Shangshang" e-cigarettes, and further promoted the creation of a "drug-free free trade port".

" Top "e-cigarettes are poison, not cigarettes

In recent years, some lawless elements have used the narcotic effect of etomidate to make it into drug substitutes such as" tobacco powder "and" tobacco oil ", which are added to e-cigarettes for sale. This substitute is easier than traditional drugs. It makes people addicted, more dependent, and its harm cannot be underestimated.

In February this year, the State Food and Drug Administration, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Post Bureau issued the" Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Compound Diphenolate Tablets and Other Drugs "to address the abuse of etomidate injections and other drugs in some areas. Strengthen management. The "2022 Report on the Drug Situation in China" released by the National Narcotics Control Office on June 21 also mentioned that in order to alleviate drug addiction, some drug users have turned to other narcotic drugs, new psychoactive substances and non-regulated substances. Alternative abuse, or cross-abuse non-habitual drugs to satisfy drug addiction. In many places, young people have also abused unregulated substances such as "laughing gas" and etomidate, seriously harming the physical and mental health of young people.# p#pagination title #e#

Etomidate is a white powdery substance that is insoluble in water. It has sedative and hypnotic activity. It is a short-acting non-barbiturate intravenous anesthetic. It is mainly suitable for induction of general anesthesia in clinical practice and can also be used for short-term surgical anesthesia. As a narcotic prescription drug, etomidate is not allowed to be obtained by anyone through illegal means. Only drug wholesale enterprises that have obtained the Drug Business License can sell etomidate raw materials and preparations (not retail); only medical institutions that have obtained the Medical Institution Practice License can legally use etomidate preparations.

In judicial practice, illegal sales of" top "e-cigarettes containing etomidate may be suspected of illegal business operation and obstruction of drug management. Moreover, the harm after smoking is equivalent to drugs, which can easily breed other illegal and criminal activities. We must be vigilant. The "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Compound Diphenolate Tablets and Other Drugs" also emphasizes that the majority of people who abuse etomidate are young people, which seriously endangers physical and mental health and life safety. Supervision must be further strengthened and abuse and illegal inflow channels should be severely cracked down on channels to ensure the safety of public medication.

To this end, since June this year, in conjunction with a series of special actions such as the Hainan Province anti-drug" Spring and Summer Offensive "and the province's public security organs 'summer crackdown and rectification, the Qionghai City Public Security Bureau has always maintained a high pressure on cases of trafficking and abuse of non-regulated addictive substances such as" high-level "e-cigarettes, coordinating resources from all parties, and cooperating with the Qionghai Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and other departments to form a special crackdown team to make every effort to stop the spread of non-regulated addictive substances. According to statistics, since the special operation of the "Autumn and Winter Offensive of 2023", a total of 9 people have been cracked down on smoking and selling "Shangshang" e-cigarettes, and 347 e-cigarette oil bombs have been seized, containing more than 50 grams of etomidate tobacco powder and about 3.5 kilograms of e-cigarette oil.

According to reports, the" Shangshang "e-cigarettes mainly add synthetic cannabinoids or etomidate components. Starting from July 1, 2021, my country will officially regulate the entire category of synthetic cannabinoid new psychoactive substances. On September 6, 2023, the State Food and Drug Administration, the Ministry of Public Security, and the National Health Commission issued an announcement on adjusting the catalog of narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs, including etomidate in the catalog of Class II psychotropic drugs, and will be implemented on October 1 this year.

" In other words, selling etomidate is drug trafficking, and abusing etomidate is drug abuse!" The relevant person in charge of the Qionghai City Public Security Bureau reminded that e-cigarettes "on the top" are drugs, not cigarettes, and those who are "addicted" are even more likely to be "punished." Please be vigilant and avoid falling into the trap of drugs. Once you find that someone is selling or abusing them, you should promptly report it to the public security organs while ensuring your own safety.