Cigarettes emptied of their tobacco and "refilled" with cocaine and heroin? We've seen them before, as have hairspray bottles with twist-off ends, then filled with drugs. Police see all sorts of things, but now there's a new frontier that's far more worrying for teenagers, capable of evading even the first scrutiny of law enforcement, as well as parents: hallucinogen-laced lollipops , increasingly found in so-called "vaping" liquids (e-cigarettes).
"It's a new frontier that's very worrying," sighs Davide Carboni, head of the Police Headquarters' Flying Squad , "and we're gearing up for it: in fact, recently, the Flying Hawks got their hands on a shipment of hallucinogenic lollipops, and we're gearing up for that type of fight, too."
They are extremely dangerous drugs: "Even minimal quantities, taken by adolescents or very young people, can have devastating effects. Doctors speak of neurological damage, psychotic attacks, and immediate addiction." And, unfortunately, they evade the drop test, which provides immediate confirmation of the presence of drugs: "They require analysis in our forensic laboratories, and those tests take 24 hours."
The full interview with Davide Carboni is available in L'Unione Sarda on newsstands and in the digital edition.
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