Flakka Fever

#TeaTime There's a new drug taking the country by storm and turning people into #Zombies. It's called #Flakka (expect to hear about it in rap songs) It's the chemical #AlphaPVP or #Cathinone which are components of #BathSalts but 10x's as powerful. It's rapidly spreading in South #Florida, #Texas and #Ohio. They swallow, inject, smoke or #vape the crystals, causing an erratic high. Users experience a heightened paranoia, fearing persecution, elevated body temperature which causes them to strip and almost super-human strength, making addicts difficult to subdue. There have been over 30 deaths in a 10 month span in one county alone and usage accounts for 90% of emergency room visits with the other 10 for #Cocaine, #Heroin and #Meth. Why on earth would anyone want to feel this way? What's wrong with good ole #Weed? Mellow, chilled and #Munchies! We hope this is stymied before it gets out of hand. Make wise choices people! #Drugs #DEA #DrugAbuse #Epidemic #TheTeapot #Gossip #Shade #Bloghive #Teabaggers

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This is the first time I've written about flakka, but, rest assured, it won't be the last. I'm super fascinated by it -- mostly because of the name. Also because Florida. In other parts of the country, it's referred to as "gravel." Florida is no slouch when it comes to the branding game.

Since flakka burst on the scene in 2013, the media’s gone crazy for the street drug that makes folks go nuts. Gawker’s Sam Biddle has a handy guide to all things flakka, aka Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone, a synthetic cathinone. It runs in the neighborhood of $5 a pop and purportedly makes those high on it act like superhuman zombies. The drug’s ground zero is Broward County, Florida, although its presence is slowly creeping across the country. In Ohio and Texas, flakka’s known as “gravel.” The drug can be swallowed, smoked, snorted, or shot, and flakka fiends have been known to attempt to kick in police headquarters’ glass doors and accidentally impale themselves on fences.