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posted by chromas on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:07PM   Printer-friendly

Breaking Bad: Japan Prof 'Made Students Produce Ecstasy':

A Japanese university professor could face up to 10 years in jail after allegedly getting his students to produce ecstasy, officials said Wednesday, in an echo of TV hit series "Breaking Bad".

Authorities suspect the 61-year-old pharmacology professor from Matsuyama University in western Japan got his pupils to make MDMA—commonly known as ecstasy—in 2013 and another so-called "designer drug" 5F-QUPIC last year.

The professor told investigators he was aiming to further the "education" of his pharmaceutical sciences students, an official from the local health ministry told AFP.

The ecstasy allegedly produced has not been found and has "probably been discarded," added this official, who asked to remain anonymous.

[...] Japanese law states that a researcher needs a licence issued by regional authorities to manufacture narcotics for academic purposes.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:15PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @07:15PM (#831248)

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    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 17 2019, @09:02PM (#831305)

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