Rome, May 12, 2021 – Four young men in their twenties managed in district of Prati and in other areas of Rome “well”, such as Monte Mario e Milvio Bridge, a shopping tour of numerous medicinal drugs, bought illegally and sold to customers who used them as narcotics. Among them, it emerged from the investigation, there were some minors.
The investigations
The operation “New Joint bis” led to the execution of the precautionary detention measure of the obligation to report to the police because of the serious indications of guilt against the four young people. Instead, five other peers of their age are under investigation, accused of assisting the criminal group.
According to investigators, adults affected by the precautionary measure manufactured and compiled false medical prescriptions, with fictitious names of treating doctors, and managed numerous shipments of medicines also from abroad to obtain products to be sold illegally.
Fundamental, in the investigations, the social network monitoring, where gang members communicated with each other with coded messages to hide the names of the substances.
New consumer habits
Substances that mark a change, started a few years ago, in drug use among adolescents. Young people, including minors, mostly hire oxytone and methadone diluted in water or other drinks, mixed with morphine and codeine, to search for an effect called “New Joint”, from the name “Joint” used to refer to the spinel.
But these drugs, used in medicine for pain therapy or as antidepressants, have inside molecules of an opiate nature and can cause narcotic effects as strong, if in excessive doses, as heroin itself. In addition to increasing the risks of addiction.
In July 2020, two 15-year-olds lost their lives to one of these methadone mixes.
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