SINGAPORE - Over several weeks in 2025, a woman tried to get her 19-year-old son arrested over his addiction to drug-laced e-vaporisers, specifically Kpods.The once-active teenager had become withdrawn since November 2024, when he started puffing Kpods, which are vapes laced with etomidate, a powerful anaesthetic.He also started cutting his own face and arms with a knife.«We saw many videos of people on TikTok saying Kpods can make a person suicidal, so we tried to stop him,» Susan (not her real name) told The Straits Times, adding that her husband decided to install security cameras at home.They saw him on video stumbling out of his room. He was struggling to walk.«I spoke to him the next day to ask him what happened, and he said he had injured his legs while lion-dancing, so I did not suspect too much,» she said.Over the next few days, they noticed their son would change between five and 10 pairs of shorts throughout the night. Read more