news

recently, the shitun police station of the public security bureau of zhenghe county, fujian province received a call from long, requesting that her boyfriend be "arrested".

"he is taking drugs, officer, i want to report him!" long said angrily when reporting her boyfriend.

around 23:00 on august 31, shitun police station received a report from long, saying that her boyfriend was taking drugs. the police immediately went to the scene to ask long about the situation. they found that although long was emotional and drunk, she could still clearly tell the time and place where her boyfriend zhuo took drugs.

at first, zhuo tried to defend himself by saying that they just had a quarrel due to emotional discord, but when the police took them to the police station, they found that both lovers tested positive for etomidate.

after investigation, it was found that long and zhuo had lived in fuzhou for a long time. on august 27, they took etomidate in a restaurant in fuqing, and then went to zhenghe to visit friends on august 29. on the morning of that day, they had a dispute over trivial matters after drinking. after long called the police, the two were caught by the public security organs. at present, long and zhuo have been administratively detained by the public security organs for taking drugs.

what is "etomidate"

etomidate is a water-insoluble white powdery substance. it is a non-barbiturate intravenous short-acting hypnotic. it is mainly used for general anesthesia induction in clinical practice and can also be used for short-term surgical anesthesia. abuse of etomidate can cause dizziness, unsteady standing, staggering, and other similar conditions to being drunk. large doses of it can cause paranoia, anxiety, panic, persecution, and other mental disorders that affect a person's emotions, thinking, will, and behavior, such as bad temper and laziness. it can also easily cause apnea and other conditions. in severe cases, it can cause mental disorder or even stroke and death.

according to the "public security administration punishment law of the people's republic of china" and related regulations, drug users shall be detained for more than 10 days but less than 15 days and may be fined up to 2,000 yuan; for less serious cases, they shall be detained for less than 5 days or fined up to 500 yuan. drug addicts need to be subject to compulsory drug rehabilitation.

according to article 353 of the criminal law of the people's republic of china: whoever induces, instigates, or deceives others to smoke or inject drugs shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance, and shall also be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

source: zhenghe public security bureau