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Sounds groovy: Audio drugs draw punters - and the police
Published: 06 February, 2012, 18:19
TAGS: Russia, Drugs, Prime Time Russia, Anya Fedorova, Anissa Naouai, Lindsay France
Russia’s Anti-drug Agency has declared war on so-called "audio-narcotics."
Sound files called “audio-drugs” appeared back in 2006 and can be downloaded from the Internet. The highs they claim to induce have gone largely unstudied.
This is what caught the attention of Russian officials.
“There are currently no documents regulating the issue,” said the head of the agency, Vyacheslav Davydov. “We have set up a special division which is now studying the effects of these sound tracks.”
The official also suggested revoking the licenses of web hosts that refuse to close sites storing the “audio-drugs.”
In 2011, Moscow anti-drug police checked 250 websites and launched 76 criminal cases into drug dealing through the Internet and post.
This is not the first time “audio-drugs” have caught the attention of Russian officials. Back in 2009, the Interior Ministry studied their effects and reported that they were nothing more than a fraud.
“The only effect of so-called ‘audio-drugs’ are headaches, partial amnesia and lower brain activity,” they concluded.
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The only people who lose on a ban are the few people who follow it. With 'drugs' and censorship, no one is going to obey. Nice try banning things you simply don't like or understand. What a waste of time and money, you'll be ashamed and embarrassed on your deathbed. Will He forgive you? Only if you stop now. Tick tock tick tock.