Japan professor faces 10 years jail for getting students to produce Ecstasy in lab illegally

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TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese university professor could face up to 10 years in jail after allegedly getting his students to produce ecstasy, officials said on Wednesday (April 17), in an echo of TV hit series, Breaking Bad.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO - A Japanese university professor could face up to 10 years in jail after allegedly getting his students to produce Ecstasy, officials said on Wednesday , in an echo of the TV hit series, Breaking Bad.

The professor told investigators he was aiming to further the education of his pharmaceutical sciences students, an official from the local health ministry told AFP. The synthetic drug MDMA acts as a stimulant and hallucinogen and is the main ingredient in party drug Ecstasy, giving users a heightened sense of energy, empathy and pleasure.

The"designer drug", 5F-QUPIC, also known as 5F-PB-22, is a cannabis-like drug banned in Japan in 2014 after it was suspected of causing traffic accidents.

 

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