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TERRIFYING: Users of flakka can get 'superhuman
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US police officers are struggling to keep a grip on a new
drug epidemic that has made users have sex with trees and believe they are the
mythical god Thor. Flakka
use is rampant in parts of the USA and there are fears the substance is on its
way to Britain. The powerful new
synthetic drug has been compared to Bath Salts that notoriously turned users
into 'demonic zombies'.
Daily Star reports officers
have been out in force in Florida where flakka use is on the rise at an
alarming rate.
Worrying footage posted
online shows manic flakka users running naked into traffic and dancing in
rainfall while in the grips of psychosis.
A user reportedly tried
to have sex with a tree after taking the drug before he ripped out a taser from
his body fired at him by police.
Other bizarre incidents
linked to the drug include users trying to break into police stations as they
thought they were being chased while another bit their own baby.
Flakka use is wrecking
havoc in communities with 300 cases recorded in one Florida county in the first
three months of 2015 alone.
In 2014, there were
reportedly just 200 cases.
Experts say the increase
in flakka use is down to its price.
The addictive synthetic,
which gives users a sense of euphoria and stimulation, costs a fraction of the
going street rate of cocaine or other similar drugs.
But the effect on the
body can be devastating and the chemicals found in flakka can leave users with
permanent changes to the way their brain functions.
According to the
Washington Post, body temperature can sky rocket to deadly levels and
individuals can believe they are being chased or are on fire.
Such is their paranoia
that there have been occasions where four or five officers have struggled to
restrain a flakka user.
There is currently no
advice on flakka use by the UK-based drug's charity Frank but it places bath
salts – the drug closely related to flakka – within the legal highs category.
Sheriff Scott Israel
said: "I don't know if we've ever had anything that's been imported into
Florida that's been more dangerous.
"Sometimes it takes
five or six deputies to subdue a person.
"It's easy to get
hold of, it's affordable, and it's deadly. It's something we're taking very,
very seriously."
DRUGS THAT CAUSED PANIC
Mephedrone
Street names: Meow Meow, MKat,
Drone
MKat first came to
attention in 2010 and was a legal high before the government classified it as a
Class B drug.
The drug is popular
within the party scene but has been linked to bizarre behaviour.
A 19-year-old from London
reportedly stabbed his mother before chopping off his own penis while high on
MKat.
Krokodil
This is scary stuff.
It's regarded as the most
deadly drug in the world – if it can even be called a drug.
It emerged in Russia
towards the beginning of the Millennium and was used by addicts as a cheap
alternative to heroin.
The problem is it
literally eats away at flesh and leaves users with horrendous open wounds.
Bath salts
This drug hit the
headlines in 2011 after footage emerged of users acting 'possessed' in broad
daylight.
Bath salts use has tailed
off since then and records show flakka use has taken its place.
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