What we can do to fight the insidious threat of ‘zombie vapes’

What we can do to fight the insidious threat of ‘zombie vapes’

The Straits Times - Singapore·2025-07-15 13:01

Is Singapore losing control of drug-laced vapes? A frightening new vaping threat is on Singapore’s doorstep. Under its influence, teenagers have been filmed stumbling, slurring their words, and behaving like the walking dead. The loss of control – including seizures and psychotic episodes – has unsurprisingly led to the vapes acquiring names such as “space oil” and “zombie vape”.

What’s worrying is that zombie vapes pose a threat not just to the health of users – so deadly that it has the potential to kill – but is also a challenge to the regulatory grip over emerging drug trends.

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