TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The anesthetic etomidate has become the focus of increased police attention in Taiwan after it began appearing for sale in vape cartridges for recreational use. Authorities have ...

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after his father told police he suspected his son had the dangerous drug known as “space ...

Originally used as an anaesthetic, etomidate is now being misused recreationally in e-cigarettes, or vapes, warns a psychiatrist and addiction specialist. Read full story ...

Appearing ‘oblivious’ to her surroundings, the girl’s vape tested positive for etomidate, the same drug Hong Kong banned in February.

A 51-year-old private hire vehicle driver (PHV) was driving two teenage boys to a public housing block in Choa Chu Kang on ...

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Customs officers on Sunday said they arrested a man in an anti-narcotic operation, in which 15 kilogrammes of suspected etomidate powder were seized. Officers said they arrested the 46-year-old ...

Patients who received a single dose of etomidate (Etomidate group) prior to intubation were compared to those that did not receive etomidate (Control group) for outcomes. Etomidate exposure was ...

Its basic ingredient is an anaesthetic, etomidate. It is increasingly popular among youth in Hong Kong, but also mainland China and Taiwan. A “zero tolerance” policy has failed so far to deal ...

The psychotropic drugs consist of three types: hexahydrocannabinol, etomidate, and remboquant. The substances scheduled for designation by the 68th United Nations (UN) Commission on Narcotic Drugs ...

Upon running tests on the vape pods, its contents were determined to be etomidate, which is a "potent medicinal ingredient", the authority said. According to the authority, etomidate is used as ...

The pods contained etomidate, an anaesthetic that should only be used under medical supervision, the HSA stated. The woman was captured in a video, which was later posted on social media on March 13.