Over 30 staggering naturopaths after drug excess emergency

"Aquarust ": Mass poisoning with drugs triggers large-scale use
Delusions, cramps, pain: Almost 30 people had to be treated by emergency services after a drug excess. The complaints were triggered by the ingestion of the prohibited substance "Aquarust". The patients were homeopaths and naturopaths.

About 30 injured after drug use
In Handeloh, Lower Saxony, nearly 30 injured had to be treated for mass poisoning on Friday. As the news agency dpa reports, the police has now launched a criminal case against the parties. A spokesman for the police said that the 29 people are accused of having taken hallucinogens, injured themselves and thus caused a major rescue operation. According to the information, the drug had been banned in Germany since the end of 2014, the "2C-E". In scene circles it is also known as "Aquarust". There are no indications that those affected were forced to take the drug.

More than 30 alternative practitioners triggered a large-scale use after drug use. Picture: benjaminnolte - fotolia

Patients were homeopaths and naturopaths
According to dpa, more than 150 rescue workers were deployed on Friday to bring homeopaths and naturopaths between the ages of 25 and 55, who are tottering around in a convention center, to hospitals. The police initially spoke of more than 30 injured. A spokesman for the fire department said that those affected suffered from delusions, cramps, pain, shortness of breath and tachycardia. When rescue workers arrived they were barely responsive. However, no one had been life-threatening injured. However, the "Norddeutsche Rundfunk" reports on its Internet portal that a person has been temporarily in mortal danger, but now all the injured are "above the mountain".

Drugs against mental illness
It was initially unclear why people had taken the drugs. "They certainly did not know what they were eating there," said fire brigade spokesman Matthias Köhlbrandt to "NDR.de." It could not be ruled out that those affected had experimented with the drugs. According to experts, drugs - despite all potential health hazards - should not be fundamentally "demonized". Only recently, German scientists reported that some so-called party drugs can help against depression and anxiety. For example, ketamine has been shown to have very good effects in the treatment of mental illness in several studies. It should not be forgotten that legal drugs cause much more damage than illegal ones. This has been pointed out by the German Center for Addiction Issues (DHS) in its current yearbook. Although the number of deaths from illicit drugs has risen again last year, alcohol and tobacco continue to pose the greatest threat. (Ad)