Police in Taiwan have reported a rise in cases involving "zombie drugs" over the past three months. On Tuesday, raids in Taipei and New Taipei uncovered large amounts of two designer drugs—etomidate, a sedative, and Isopropylphenidate, a stimulant—both of which produce trance-like effects when vaporized and inhaled.
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00:00Police in Taiwan are reporting an uptick in cases involving so-called zombie drugs.
00:04Taipei and New Taipei police confiscated large amounts of two designer drugs in separate
00:09busts on Tuesday.
00:10They include human and animal tranquilizers.
00:13When vaporized and inhaled, both drugs have strong, trance-like effects, which has led
00:18to the term zombie drugs.