MDMA

Pair arrested in car with suspected ketamine

12 Jun 2009

6:08AM

Research reveals alarming increase in the availability of party drugs in Hong Kong

7 Jun 2008

Tougher sentencing guidelines for ketamine and Ecstasy were imposed in the Court of Appeal after research revealed the extent of their abuse.

5:29AM

Two jailed over HK$1.7m Ecstasy deal

25 Apr 2007

The Court of First Instance yesterday jailed two people arrested in a police sting last year involving Ecstasy pills. Bui Thi-muoi, a 35-year-old Vietnamese woman, and Choi Chi-lok, a 27-year-old...

3:18AM

Sixfold increase in seizures of party drug Ecstasy

14 Feb 2007

Rise indicates it has come back into fashion with young users, customs says

Customs officers last year seized six times more Ecstasy tablets than in 2005 as the party drug came back...

6:16PM

Step up anti-drug campaign in schools, coroner urges

9 Feb 2007

A coroner asked the government yesterday to step up anti-drug campaigning in schools, highlighting the hidden risk of using multiple party drugs.

5:38PM

Broad approach needed to tackle drug problem

9 Feb 2007

Regardless of the views of Hong Kong's party-going youths, drugs are considered harmful by society. That is why laws are in place banning their use and imposing penalties for those found with them...

5:35PM

Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Movie mogul's nephew gets rehab sentence

The nephew of movie mogul Charles Heung Wah-keung was sent to a drug rehabilitation centre yesterday after pleading guilty in Eastern Court to drug possession.

12:53AM

Highs and lows

KETAMINE: a pre-medication for anaesthesia. It can cause hallucinations, out-of-body experiences, unstable emotions and irregular heartbeat, and impair balance and muscle co-ordination. Used...

12:29AM

Not enough effort going into tackling party drugs

The dangers of party drugs such as Ice and Ecstasy are well known - using them could cause death or brain damage. Yet that message is clearly not being given to Hong Kong's youngsters, who are...

9:16PM

Man jailed for 16 years for record drug seizure

Updated at 7.11pm:
A 32-year-old man involved in the record seizure of cocaine in Hong Kong was sentenced to 16 years' jail, the High Court heard on Monday.

The seizure, worth...

12:56AM

Customs make record seizure of hazardous drug

Updated at 4.36pm:
Customs officers on Wednesday arrested four men and made a record seizure of 62,700 tablets used to make the drug Ecstasy, a spokesman said on Thursday.

1:26PM

'Bad people' led Ah Yiu astray

Ah Yiu is lucky to be alive, and he knows it.

The 16-year-old fell into a coma after taking a potentially deadly mixture of drugs and alcohol at a friend's home six months ago.

4:22AM