Raided, A Phuket Drugstore Coughs Up Colorful Comments From Officialdom

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Raided, a Phuket drugstore coughs up colorful comments from officialdom

Phuket Health Office chief Dr Sak Tanchaikul (3rd from left) leads the

'pour' in disposing of the seized cough medicine.

The bumper haul of cough syrup seized in the raid.

PHUKET: -- A police raid on an out-of-town pharmacy last Friday coughed up more than the Phuket authorities were looking for.

Acting on a tip-off, health officials and Thalang police entered the S.C. Phesat pharmacy on Srisoonthorn Road, right beside Phuket's famed Heroines’ Monument in Thalang.

Inside the drug store, officers found 138 Alprazolam (Xanax) pills for sale – and more than 6,000 bottles of cough syrup.

“The store owner was charged with possession of Alprazolam with intent to sell without a license,” said Lt Col Sanich Nookong, Deputy Superintendent of Thalang Police.

He declined to name the person charged.

Alprazolam is classified as a schedule IV controlled substance under Thai law, making it legally available only on prescription through licensed pharmacists.

However, Phuket Health Office chief Dr Sak Tanchaikul was more interested in the cough medicine.

“A total of 6,288 bottles of cough syrup containing Diphenhydramine were seized from the store.

“Even though Diphenhydramine in cough syrup is legal, having more than 6,000 bottles in one shop is unusual,” he said.

Doubting that the store was single-handedly combating an unseasonal outbreak of the common cold, Dr Sak said, “We believe that the shop was selling the syrup to teenagers to be used for things other than curing a cough.

“We received reports from Thalang police that many teenagers came to the shop to buy cough syrup. That’s why we raided it.”

The use of cough syrup in a local concoction called “4x100” – combining the medicine with kratom tea, cola soft drink and ice – is well known throughout Southern Thailand.

“The shop owner gave all the cough syrup to the authorities to destroy so they can set an example to all the other drug stores that sell cough syrup to teenagers without considering what the medicine will be used for,” Dr Sak said.

Somsuk Sumparnprateep, chief of the Health Office’s consumer protection department, warned, “There are more than 330 [registered] drug stores in Phuket. Some of them might be selling medicine to be used inappropriately.

“We [the Health Office] are launching a project to prevent drug abuse by focusing on ensuring that drug stores in Phuket sell drugs in accordance with professional medical ethics,” he said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/detail.asp?id=10933

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-09-06

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Back in the UK lowlifes would get their high from downing bottles cough medicine. (my pal was a Pharmacy owner ).

[WarpSpeed]

Now the buggers mix it with alcohol to get a better buzz.

[Murgatroyd]

Looks like they're making a bucketfull of that cocktail... someone send out for some ice and a packet of straws!

[welbeck]

Looks like they're making a bucketfull of that cocktail... someone send out for some ice and a packet of straws!

Nothing wrong with your lungs if you can drink cough medicine through a straw

[Jerry555]

Wow confiscating legal cough syrup ... wish they where so determent and concerned about real crime .

[HerbalEd]

Back in the UK lowlifes would get their high from downing bottles cough medicine. (my pal was a Pharmacy owner ).

Millions of people have done this for many, many decades .... all over the world ... and still do.

[richardblanc]

Back in the UK lowlifes would get their high from downing bottles cough medicine. (my pal was a Pharmacy owner ).

Millions of people have done this for many, many decades .... all over the world ... and still do.

i am naive about that

for what you use this exactelly?

regards richard

[samjaidee]

i am naive about that

for what you use this exactelly?

regards richard

Richard, if you're able to read this forum then surely you're able to type "Diphenhydramine" into Google. The first page up is Wikipedia; that should tell you enough. If you want more information then there are lots of other sites that should give you the information you require.

Welcome to the world of the Interweb.

[richardblanc]

i am naive about that

for what you use this exactelly?

regards richard

Richard, if you're able to read this forum then surely you're able to type "Diphenhydramine" into Google. The first page up is Wikipedia; that should tell you enough. If you want more information then there are lots of other sites that should give you the information you require.

Welcome to the world of the Interweb.

thankyou :jap: i will

[richardblanc]

houla!!!

not for me at all

i already did'nt get smart enought to look in Wikipedia

thanks again samjaidee

[Jimjim]

I first heard of this when I was a teenager and my friend talked about "robo-tripping" which was drinking robitussin for the high you get from dextromethorphan, different from Diphenhydramine.

In fact, I think abusing robitussin would be more dangerous as I've heard more bad stories about it than people just abusing regular cough syrup.

I do not think either drug is actually physically addictive, however.