This is one way to put kids off drugs.。

Children in southern China experienced the "side effects" of drugs, as part of a series of activities celebrating UN's International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. 。

The kids, who donned a VR headset, were shown a video filled with psychedelic colours and swirling shapes -- which were meant to them a peek into the experience of taking some narcotics.。

Here's how the experience looked:。

Here's how the experience looked: 。

Needless to say, the method appeared to work on many of the kids.。

"I feel my body shaking...and I feel very uncomfortable," says a young boy, captured on video. 。

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Students of a school located in China's province of Meizhou, were similarly given a VR headset to "experience the dangers of drugs." 。

"[I guess] that's the feeling you have when you take drugs...it feels terrible," said a student.
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Some Internet users were unimpressed.。

"This is simply child frightening techniques," said one user on Chinese social media outlet Weibo.。

While others thought it was a good idea.。

"I think this makes sense...let kids experience how harmful drugs can be," another said. 。

For now, the VR trials on children appear to be a one-off event to celebrate the UN campaign, though Chinese officials add that VR technology will be used in rehab centres. 。

Patients in those centres will be shown films through VR, which are meant to inflict them with similar side effects of dizziness and fear, hence similarly putting them off drugs. 。 Some of the side effects of commonly abused drugs like MDMA and LSDs include hallucinations, seizures, confusion and nausea.。