Youth Can Obtain Prescription Drugs With False Prescriptions, Bogotá, Colombia

•El Espectador reports that in pharmacies and drug stores in Bogotá, Colombia, young people can obtain these “pepas,” drugs that can act as hallucinogens, without having a legitimate prescription.
•Councilor Patricia Mosquera reports that one can obtain false medical documents to buy these drugs, and that over 100,000 Colombians have taken “pepas” and that half of these types of consumers are between 12 and 34.
•The most affected areas in Colombia are Ciudad Bolívar, Tunjuelito, Usaquén and Kennedy.
•The mixture of these drugs with alcohol, marihuana and cocaine can be seen in the youths’ activities to cause positive feelings as well as have severe negative effects.
•The phenomenon affects more individuals of the lower classes.
•Mixing the drugs with burundanga (scopolamine, a “date rape” drug) can enhance its severe, dangerous effects and possibly cause death. Read Article