Xanax Banned In Thailand Date Rape Drug Usage Cited

[pdogg]

Starting June 17th, Xanax will be banned in Thailand.

 

Earlier today, the Public Health Ministry issued a decree suspending the sale of Alprazolam, the generic name for Xanax, within Thailand. The Ministry claims that the stress relief medication has been used as a date rape drug, contributing to a growing number of sex crimes.

 

In a related statement, Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Dr. Boonchai Somboonsuk said that Alprazolam was frequently mixed with krathom in the chemical cocktail known as “4×100.”

 

http://www.coconutsbangkok.com/news/government-bans-xanax-citing-its-use-as-a-date-rape-drug/

[mardhi]

LOL - the article states Gov't hospitals can continue to issue (Xanax) - the same hospitals that it was recently discovered supplied one key ingrediant for Y'ICE producers - like 50 tons of the stuff - and nobody thought to question why such high demand........

[TEXASMAC]

 I would think alcohol would be a bigger cause of date rape. It caused my marriage.

[JaiDee]

Never used it as a date rape drug, but Xanax sure does come in handy when you need a good nights sleep;  take one and you are out for 12 hours, with some really funky dreams.

 

   300 baht for a strip of ten....and the pharmacist always looked like he was doing something shady, which, apparently, he was! Some ladyboys I knew in BKK used to take it for the buzz; apparently if you take 3 or 4 and mix it with beer it has the opposite effect and gives you a wired, high feeling.