On display are bags of cocaine, ketamine and crystal meth which narcotics officials used to compare with seized ‘powdered milk ketamine’. (Photo by Varuth Hirunyatheb)
The “k-powdered milk” drug, which has so far claimed nine lives, contains the tranquiliser diazepam but uses 20 times the safe amount, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin.
The minister on Friday unveiled the results of lab tests conducted by the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on k-powdered milk, aka “k-nom pong”, which is a highly potent narcotic cocktail that recently killed nine and harmed many after using it. Results showed that almost 100% of the drug was diazepam, he said.
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