Colombia sees rise in use of ‘zombie’ drug that affects victims

Colombia sees rise in use of ‘zombie’ drug that affects victims for hours
By Stephen C. Webster
Monday, June 17, 2013 15:50 EDT

Last year in Colombia, over 1,200 people were dosed by criminals with a so-called “zombie” drug that makes victims compliant and happy to say or do anything their captors tell them to.

Frighteningly, according to a report in The Global Post on Monday, the use of this drug is on the rise and regional hospitals are seeing at least several victims every week of late.

The drug is called scopolamine, derived from the Datura stramonium plant, otherwise known as jimsonweed. It’s victims lose their grasp on reality and often wind up with their bank accounts drained, their belongings stolen and a massive hangover — and that’s if they’re lucky.

Scopolamine is especially notorious for its use in sexual assaults, and was even detected in street-level date rape drugs that sent 20 people to hospitals in 2008, according to The International Business Times.

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