A crazy new street drug called Flakka is taking over Florida

[KamaAina]

http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/flakka-drug-florida/

If there’s been a slight uptick in weird behavior in Florida, it’s thanks to a new designer drug called Flakka. Much like the so-called "bath salts" that swept the nation in 2012, the drug makes its users feel like they have superhuman strength—and makes them do some really horrible things.

Police have linked various reports of bizarre behavior to the substance, made from the chemical alpha-PVP, a synthetic version of cathinone. It's a stimulant, and it rivals the strongest crystal meth, cocaine, or MDMA.

Here's what to expect if your neighbor does Flakka, according to Jim Hall, an epidemiologist at the Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities at Nova Southeastern University:...

Recent Flakka-related episodes in Florida have included a man breaking down the door of a police precinct, an armed and naked man standing on his roof and yelling "I feel delusional, and I'm hallucinating," a guy attacking an 86-year-old woman, and a dude trying to scale the fence of a police station, impaling himself through the groin in the process:

[NightWatcher]

1. Yet I'm Public Enemy #1 because I like a daily dose of cannabis

Number of times I've done anything other than eat snacks, watch tv, and nap in my recliner: 0

[TexasProgresive]

3. Stories like this make me wonder if they are the latest reincarnation of:

German soldiers spitting Belgian babies on their bayonets.
LSD users thinking they can fly.
Reefer Madness.
Iraqi soldiers dumping Kuwaiti babies out of incubators.

The list (beat) goes on, list (beat) goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Now if they were using pot, they would be too placid and happy to harm others.

In the great debate about legalizing drugs, I think stuff like meth and PCP and other impure uppers should not be included.