The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare launched out into the restriction measures that did not admit the personal import “Smart drug” sold by announcements such as “Became smart” and “Concentration rises” in foreign countries

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare launched out into the restriction measures that did not admit the personal import “Smart drug” sold by announcements such as “Became smart” and “Concentration rises” in foreign countries if there were no recipe of the doctor etc. for 25 articles since this month. It was judged that there was fear of the health hazard and the abuse based on the report by foreign countries. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is warning, “It is dangerous to use the medicine without doctor’s recipe easily”.

The medicine used to treat attention defect, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), epilepsy, and sleep disorder, etc. is often originally indicated though there is no clear definition in a smart drug. The element etc. that increase the blood stream of the brain are contained in these medicines, and the personal import agency trader is different from an original usage, the concentration improvement and the improvement of the learning ability, etc. are advertised, and it sells it according to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.