And finally… ecstatic

A university professor who taught his students to make ecstasy, amphetamines and synthetic cannabis is facing prosecution.

The professor of pharmaceutical science, whose studies focus on dangerous and illegal drugs, took the students’ product into his possession afterwards.

One of his colleagues and four of his students at Matsuyama University in western Japan are also now under investigation, The Japan Times reports.

Professor Tatsunori Iwamura, 61, previously held a license for producing illegal drugs for academic purposes, but he has acknowledged it had expired.

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