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Sex drug dealers prey on old men

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Sex drug dealers prey on old men
Theresa TanThe Straits TimesTuesday, Nov 25, 2014
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Illegal sex drug dealers are targeting lonely old men not only to buy their wares, but also to help smuggle supplies into Singapore.
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has found foreign women paying the men with cash, sex or both to have drug supplies delivered to the men's homes.
It told The Sunday Times that the women zero in on elderly men at coffee shops and chat them up, often telling them sob stories to gain sympathy and trust.
Then they ask a favour - to have some packages delivered to the men's homes, claiming they contain items for prayers or food products.
The men get paid between $150 and $500 per delivery. Some also receive sexual favours.
The HSA's deputy group director of Health Products Regulation, Associate Professor Chan Cheng Leng, said: "They target old men as they appear to be easy prey. If they are caught, the men take the fall while the women just disappear."
The HSA has investigated five such cases since it noted this modus operandi about two years ago, but Prof Chan suspects more men may have unwittingly become the peddlers' partners in crime.
Some of the men caught were clueless about the contents in the parcels delivered to their homes. Others opened the boxes and found them stuffed with sex pills.
The peddlers sent between about 450 and 23,000 pills to these men, with a street value of between $1,000 and $57,000.
In one case, a 67-year-old divorcee got to know a foreigner in her 30s at a Geylang coffee shop. Two weeks after they met, she asked to use his home address to have some "prayer materials" delivered to her. She gave the retiree $300 and had sex with him.
The man opened the parcel, found the drugs and realised what she was up to. Still, he played along.
He was arrested when the second delivery arrived. Almost 23,000 pills worth about $57,000 had been sent to his home.
He was jailed for three months last year. The woman was jailed for 10 months and fined $3,000.
Prof Chan said sex drug dealers have tried various ways to bring in their supplies over the years.
They used to ship the pills to Singapore in containers, claiming they were bringing in vases or religious artefacts.
Once the authorities caught on, they switched to getting runners to bring in small amounts of pills packed in their luggage.
Then they started the mailing ruse.
The peddlers, who are foreigners, hawk their sex pills openly in the red-light district of Geylang. Some also sell them online.
From 2010 to last year, the HSA conducted 169 raids in Geylang and seized about 2.5 million pills and products worth more than $6 million. Twenty-six people were either jailed or fined for peddling sex drugs over that period.
Those caught face up to two years in jail and/or a maximum fine of $10,000.
Sexual enhancement drugs can only be sold to those with a doctor's prescription.
When The Sunday Times visited Geylang last Thursday night, there were about 20 peddlers selling sex drugs openly outside the New Cathay Hotel at the junction of Geylang Road and Aljunied Road. Most appeared to be from China.
Each had at least a dozen brands of sexual enhancement products with names such as African Black Ant, Max Man and Viagra, as well as contraceptives.
The notorious Power 1 Walnut, which was linked to a spate of deaths in 2008, is no longer sold here, said Prof Chan.
She noted that people mistakenly believe that only Power 1 Walnut is deadly. All sex drugs sold illegally could be harmful, she stressed, as there is no telling what they contain.
Prof Chan estimated that it cost as little as one cent to produce one pill which is then sold for between $1.50 and $2.50.
Men buy the illegal drugs because the legitimate sex enhancement pills cost as much as 10 times more from a doctor.
She said: "Illegal sex drugs are potentially harmful when consumed and the HSA has been providing regular advisories to educate the public. However, due to some members of the public who are still not aware of such dangers, illegal drug peddling activities have continued to thrive."

This article was first published on November 23, 2014.
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Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014
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By Theresa Tan
SINGAPORE - At least 11 men have died and more than 300 suffered nasty reactions after taking illegal sex drugs over the past six years.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said the "adverse reactions" included dangerously low blood sugar levels and lapsing into a coma.

The oldest to land in hospital was a 97-year-old who obtained four pink tablets from a friend "for enjoyment with women". He took a pill at lunch and was found unconscious by his son.


Associate Professor Chan Cheng Leng, the HSA's deputy group director of Health Products Regulation, said: "He was lucky to survive as he had life-threatening low levels of blood sugar."

Men who buy sex drugs from street peddlers or online are putting themselves in harm's way, she added. "You never really know what the pill contains. The illegal drug manufacturers are unscrupulous."

Most of the deaths took place in 2008 and the last death was in 2009. But men are still landing in hospital with adverse reactions to these illicit drugs.

The drugs, often made in poor conditions without quality control, may contain too little of the active ingredient, rendering them ineffective. Too much, and they could be harmful. Some also contain dangerous or banned substances.

Take for example Ji Yin Yu Gen and Max Man Ultimate. Both drugs were found to have Sibutramine, which is banned as it can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Dr Daphne Gardner, a consultant at the Singapore General Hospital's endocrinology department, co-authored a study of 150 patients admitted to hospital in 2008. All but one were men.

They suffered from dangerously low blood sugar levels, which rarely occurs in patients without diabetes.

A large number admitted that they had used illegal sex drugs, such as Power 1 Walnut, Santi Bovine Penis Erecting Capsule and Zhong Hua Niu Bian, to treat erectile dysfunction or impotence.

The drugs contained Glibenclamide, which is used to treat diabetes, and some contained dangerous amounts of the ingredient.

Seven men fell into a coma and four subsequently died. Some were left paralysed and needed long- term care, Dr Gardner said.

"Attempts to trace these drugs to the original manufacturing source did not yield fruit, since the drug packaging contained names of fictitious factories overseas," she added.

Some men continued to pop dubious sex pills even after they fell ill.

One 49-year-old was hospitalised three times. He was found unconscious the first two times, but that did not stop him from taking the pills again.

Although erectile dysfunction is usually associated with older men, doctors say younger men are also taking sex drugs to boost their performance.

A quarter of those who had bad reactions were below 39 years old. The youngest was an 18-year-old whose blood sugar levels plunged and he suffered seizures. He was hospitalised for three days.

Dr Tan Kok Kuan, a doctor in private practice, said he has patients as young as 18 who buy illegal sex drugs before visiting prostitutes in Geylang.

He said a Viagra pill costs about $20 at a clinic. Knock-off versions are available in Geylang for $2.50 or even cheaper.

But it is not just price that draws the men to street peddlers. Dr Tan said: "You don't have the embarrassment of telling your doctor that you have erectile dysfunction. I don't think these men think of the dangers."

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Not only sex drug,
Nowadays I always see old aunties from China offering "facial" to the old men near to Kuan Yin Temple at Bugis.
They always ask: 先生, 洗脸吗???
 
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