A LETHAL synthetic drug mixture, colloquially known as “Piu Piu” or “Piao Piao” (Mandarin for “floating”), is rapidly creating a public health emergency across Malaysia. Disguised in brightly coloured, sweet-smelling e-cigarette pods, this Trojan horse is infiltrating our schools and communities.
Because “Piu Piu” is a street-level mixture with zero quality control, users are unknowingly engaging in extreme polydrug use. Mixing these synthetic chemicals does not simply add their effects together, it multiplies them unpredictably.
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