Japanese professor could face prison after teaching students to make MDMA
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Emma Stoye2019-04-24T14:30:00
Matsuyama University pharmaceutical researcher could be jailed for up to 10 years
A professor of pharmaceutical sciences in Japan could face drugs charges after admitting he instructed students and postdoctoral researchers in his lab to make the illegal drugs MDMA and 5F-QUPIC as part of a teaching exercise.
According to a report by the Kyodo news agency, which cited anonymous sources, Tatsunori Iwamura taught around 11 students at Matsuyama University to make MDMA – the main component of ecstasy – in 2013, and 5F-QUPIC in 2018, despite not having the necessary permission from the regional government.