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It used to be alcohol and joint, in extreme cases heroin injection. Today’s youth apparently use increasingly complex drug mixtures that also contain strong drugs. Such a cocktail of drugs was apparently the undoing of the two teenagers who died in Zollikerberg ZH in mid-August.
The 15-year-olds were found dead in the apartment of rapper ZH Beats (35). One of the victims was his stepson. Suspicion was quickly voiced that an automixed drug cocktail had become ruin for the girl and boy. In case of overdose, bodily functions such as the heart or lungs may be disrupted.
Forensic scientists apparently found several drugs in the teens’ blood during the autopsy, including an anticancer drug containing morphine and the sedative Xanax, a benzodiazepine. This is reported by the “Tages-Anzeiger” citing a “well-informed source”.
Most recent drug phenomenon
This is consistent with the experience of experts in adolescent psychiatry. Medications and sedatives in drug cocktails are a more recent phenomenon. It appears that Switzerland is seeing a worrying increase in mixed drug use among young people. More and more students were experimenting with different substances, including benzodiazepines like Xanax, one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the group of psychiatric drugs. But ecstasy, alcohol, and cannabis were also among the mixes.
According to this, the number of 15-year-olds taking drugs to get intoxicated nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018. It is assumed that at least one teenager per school class has already experimented with drugs to get intoxicated. Not only are benzodiazepines extremely addictive, they are also difficult to dose. Some people make it drowsy, for others a small amount can be fatal.
Benzodiazepines are considered dangerous, especially when mixed with opiates, as was likely the case with the deceased von Zollikerberg teenagers. Benzodiazepines have an anxiolytic, calming, but also hypnotic effect. They can also be bought relatively easily with wrong prescriptions: in pharmacies or directly from distributors on the Darknet and Instagram. (kes)
