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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Repost: Senator Tito Sotto Calls for Investigation of Over the Counter Pain Reliever Spray

WARI. Senator Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III asks government agencies on drug abuse to control the purchase of over-the-counter pain-relieve WariActiv as it is easily abused by the youth 
Image courtesy of www.rappler.com

Source: www.rappler.com

After the recent drug-related deaths at a concert in Pasy City, Senator Vicente “Sotto” III warned authorities of an over-the-counter pain reliever easily abused by the youth.

In a privilege speech on Tuesday, May 31, Sotto revealed how WariActiv, commonly known as "Wari" to the young generation, is abused by the youth and partygoers to feel "high" or happy.

Its official Facebook page described WariActiv Spray as a "vapocoolant that acts as an immediate relief for muscle pain associated with sports injuries."

The so-called “laughing gas,” Sotto said, contains ethyl chloride, the same component of shabu. This can also be bought on the Internet, for as low as P750 to P1,000.

“There is a newcomer in the list of killer substances when inhaled or misused. This is it, it is presently an over-the-counter commodity in drugstores, even sold in the Internet. It is promoted in the Internet for people who go to rave parties and want to be happy,” the senator said, while showing an actual bottle of the product.

Sotto, former chair of the Dangerous Drugs Board, maintained it was among the substances used by partygoers who died after attending the rave concert.

“Internet news reveal deaths in its misuse in other parts of the world. This could very well be one of the drugs accdording to intelligence reports used by some of the victims in the concert or were used on some of the victims,” he said.

Control purchase of Wari

With all this, Sotto called on key government officials combatting illegal drug use to control the purchase of the over-the-counter substance.

Sotto said he does not wish to be a hindrance to the happiness of the youth but is only concerned about their health.

“While we do not want to curtail their fun, we just want them to stay alive after the party’s over," he said.

Sotto added the parties of his generation are way different from that of the present youth. The rave culture, he said, is the main perpetrator of illegal drug use among partygoers, as marijuana and other illegal drugs are "openly peddled" in parties.

“The parties of our generation are no longer the parties of this generation. Beatles and Elvis sounds are curiosity pieces for them. The kind of party across the globe for the youth is called a rave party. Their music is EDM for electronic dance music, they're dancing nonstop. Their idols are the DJs who spin uncommon, repetitive sound. Sadly, the rave phenomenon is likewise an enabler and facilitator of the illegal drugs trade use and abuse," Sotto said.

Playing on the title of the concert Closeup Forever Summer, where 5 youth died, Sotto said: "The summers of the youth are still ahead of them. And it is much too soon for them to experience their summers in the cemetery. And yes, Mr President, meron forever (there is such thins as forever), our vigilance watching over the youth that they may survive their youth." – Rappler.com 

26 comments:

  1. So iniinhale pala ito or parang asthma spray na iniispray sa mouth? Akala ko parang bengay o omega pain na iniispray lang sa skin kung saan yung muscle pain. Kung the latter ito na intake e bakit binebenta without prescription?!

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    1. Usually sprayed sa panyo then inhaled..

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    2. Ginagamit kasi siya for muscle pain di na kailangan ng prescription. Kaya lang ipagbabawal kasi madami ang nag mimisuse neto.

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    3. As in meron sa mga drugstores nito?? Grabe naman!

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  2. Scary nmn yan...

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  3. I have heard about this spray kala ko joke joke. Totoo pala. Di lang kabataan gumagamit nito...pati mga pasosyal na adults na pasikat lagi sa mga party party. Tsk tsk.

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  4. too much talk.. we need action! what is a privilege speech for? just to show off?

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    1. esep esep dindin anon 2:50 bago kumuda

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    2. sayang lang ginastos ng magulang mo sa pam-paaral mo 2:25

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    3. 2:50 ang privilege speech ay terminology na ginagamit sa paraan ng mga mambabatas when they raise issues/concerns in the plenary. Iyon ang magbibigay daan para magkaroon ng committee meeting ang mga miembro ng senado after the issue raised is assigned by the Presiding Officer to the committee concerned (Remember the Blue Ribbon Committee na sumikat dahil ito ang na-assign na imbestigahan 'yung issue kay Napoles?). At 'yung committee sa pamamagitan ng committee report ay ilalagay doon ang kanilang mga suggestions like the passage of a new law to address the issue, etc. which, when discussed under Business for the Day, upon approval on its third and final reading paves the way para magawa na ang batas na syang pipirmahan ng presidente. So the privilege speech is actually a necessity dahil doon legal na pwedeng kumuda ang mga senators at lahat ng legislators down to the LGUs. It is not for showing off. Privilege sya kasi sila lang na mambabatas ang may kapangyarihang gumawa ng batas o mag-amend nun. Dahil ang private citizens no matter the opinion, hindi makapagpapasa ng batas because we're not clothed with such power. Unless maging senador, congressman o sanggunian member ka.

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    4. Hello halata naman pang show off! Kaasar mga paandar mo

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    5. My gosh people bago kayo kumuda mag isip or alamin muna what is privilege speech. Thank you Anon 11:14 sa PAG explain, but knowing how narrow minded and have short attention span ang iba they'll just scroll to your explanation and just go on their grumbling.

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  5. Early 2000 pa to uso. Unahin nyo muna hulihin yung nagsusupply ng flying high.

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  6. May silbi naman pala itong si Sotto. Good job!

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  7. It's real - as early as 1998 I had friends who would sniff wari active for fun - pero back then Sa Hong Kong pa galing. That was pre-9/11 so not strict pa Sa aerosols on a flight.

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  8. Dapat talaga irestrict ito. I caught my son with a receipt bumili ng wari spray minor pa man din anak ko.

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    1. naku 'teh, isumbong mo kay duterte ang anak mo para maturuan ng lesson!

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  9. jusko ilang years na senador si sotto di pa rin nila masugposugpo ang drugs sa pinas.. hay naku bakit nyo pa kasi binoto ang mga dati ng senador yet wala rin namang mga nagawa wala pa ring pagbabago sa pinas!!!

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    1. Wow! Hiyang hiya naman si Sotto sayo! Check mo muna mga naipasa nyang bills before ka kumuda!

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    2. naipasa nyang bill na wala ka kwenta kwenta na mayayaman lang nakikinabang!????

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  10. Baka minimix nila yan sa vape.

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  11. I know someone who has this, sa hongkong nya binili. It was introduced by a filipino friend also. she let me try it pero i avoided it.

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  12. Newcomer? ang tagal tagal na neto Tito Sen. Masama nga yan pag ginamit ng mali. Nakakatuyo ng utak.

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  13. Ah hello? Pang laugh trip lang ang wari. Mas light pa nga yan sa juts.

    - retired adik

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    1. The term 'juts'. Nakakamiss gamitin yang word na yan. Hahahaha

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