MEXICO CITY — Fifteen grade school students in Mexico have been treated after apparently collaborating in an internet “problem” during which teams of students take tranquilizers to see who can keep awake the longest.
The incident occurred Monday within the north-central metropolis of Guanajuato. It got here simply days after well being authorities issued a nationwide alert in regards to the craze. It was the fourth school in Mexico to endure such incidents within the final yr.
Guanajuato Mayor Alejandro Navarro mentioned the students have been treated on the school, and urged dad and mom to oversee their children’ use of social media.
“As a rule, women and boys shouldn’t have social media accounts, it’s unhealthy to begin with,” Navarro wrote in his Fb account.
There was no quick data on the situation of the students, believed to be fifth and sixth graders, or the place they obtained the tranquilizers.
The Well being Division issued an alert on Jan. 25 in regards to the risks of clonazepam, a tranquilizer, and referred to as on the general public to report any retailer promoting it and not using a prescription.
That alert got here one week after eight students at a Mexico Metropolis center school have been treated after taking a “managed medicine.” Some have been hospitalized. Simply days earlier than, three students at one other center school close to the northern metropolis of Monterrey have been treated for taking doses of clonazepam.
