False prescriptions and minors addicted to opiates: a vast drug trade dismantled

They are often under the age of 15, but are already addicted to these drugs which they ingest in high doses.

Rivotril or Lyrica (pregabalin), powerful opiates that tend to disinhibit and make violent these unaccompanied minors from the Maghreb.

“In many cases of violence concerning these unaccompanied minors who are abandoned in large cities, we see that they were under the influence of one of these products, notes a good connoisseur of the problem.

These drugs consumed in high doses lead to excessive violence, very aggressive reactions.

This allows these kids to commit crimes that are sometimes very violent.

But how can street children obtain these drugs, which are subject to medical prescriptions that are normally very closely monitored?

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