Hallucinatory Porsche Driver and Passenger Inhaled Synthetic Marijuana Several Times Stronger Than Cannabis

40s Driver Arrested and Indicted for 7-Car Pileup... Passenger Indicted Without Detention as Co-Perpetrator

At around 5:43 PM on September 14, a Porsche driver who was recklessly speeding near the Jungdong Station intersection in Haeundae-gu, Busan, caused a seven-vehicle collision, injuring a total of seven people. [Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] It has been revealed that the Porsche driver and passenger who caused a seven-car pileup in a hallucinatory high-speed chase in Haeundae, Busan, after inhaling marijuana, had actually smoked ‘synthetic marijuana,’ which is several times more hallucinogenic than marijuana.

On the 13th, the Busan District Prosecutors’ Office Eastern Branch arrested and indicted driver A on charges of driving under the influence of synthetic marijuana and causing injury by dangerous driving (dangerous driving causing injury and drugged driving).

Passenger B, who provided synthetic marijuana to A, was also indicted without detention on the same charges (joint principal offender).

The prosecution stated, “It was confirmed that B actively participated in drugged driving by making A smoke synthetic marijuana while driving and guiding the vehicle’s direction, so B was indicted as a joint principal offender.”

Synthetic marijuana is known to cause several times stronger effects than marijuana, inducing serious side effects such as hallucinations, vomiting, heart attacks, and anxiety.

According to the prosecution, they purchased and inhaled synthetic marijuana, not marijuana, through Telegram.

A prosecution official said, “Synthetic marijuana is an artificial psychoactive drug made using chemical substances and produces several times stronger hallucinogenic effects compared to marijuana, which is derived from cannabis.”

A is also charged with purchasing 2 grams of marijuana through Telegram around mid-May and smoking marijuana on September 12.

On the day of the accident, it was investigated that passenger B smoked synthetic marijuana purchased through Telegram in mid-June.

B is also charged with purchasing and inhaling 0.5 grams of synthetic marijuana and 0.2 grams of methamphetamine.

The prosecution stated, “We plan to continue investigating the distribution routes of the drugs they purchased.”

A is accused of smoking synthetic marijuana and driving a Porsche in a hallucinatory state around 5:40 p.m. on the 14th of last month in downtown Haeundae, Busan, causing a seven-car chain collision by consecutively hitting two passenger cars including an Audi A6, fleeing, and then colliding with a motorcycle and a Grandeur at the Jung-dong intersection, injuring seven people.

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