Nearly one thousand people got poisoned by designer drugs since the beginning of the year. The data comes from a report by the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS) that will be published on Tuesday next week.
Since the start of this year, 971 people got poisoned by designer drugs. The information was taken from a report by the GIS that is to be published in full next Tuesday - GIS spokesperson, Jan Bondar, told Polish Press Agency (PAP).
"We will present full statistics regarding poisonings and deaths that resulted from taking designer drugs. GIS was obliged to prepare the report by the law fighting drug addiction from August 2018. The report also includes information about the latest psychoactive substances that appered in Poland and around the world," he said.
According to private radio RMF 24's website, teenagers and 30-somethings. The highest spike in designer drugs poisonings is usually recorded in July and August. In these months, the number of dangerous psychoactive substances available to buy online goes up.
The highest number of poisonings were recorded in Silesian and Łódź voivodeship. The lowest - in Subcarpathian, Podlaskie, West Pomeranian and Świętokrzyskie.
Experts say that there are two main groups of the most dangerous substances. First one are drugs that work in a similar way as amphetamine. They raise blood pressure and increase body temperature. The second imitate the effects of marijuana but much more strongly affect receptors.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP
Źródło zdjęcia głównego: Lesser Poland Police Department