ALERT: Shocking images.The Flakka is a synthetic drug of the group known as «bath salts» and based its composition on a natural stimulant: the catinona .It has been proven that its effects can be terrible, since its consumption makes appear pictures of great aggressiveness, psychotic outbreaks and hallucinations that can lead to suicide, murder or mutilations.Join us to know the Flakka, the Zombie drug terrifies .
Flakka, the Zombie drug
Can you imagine someone acting as if it were one of the zombies from "The walking dead"? That's what happened in Florida a few years ago.A 31-year-old man, with a long history of drug-related activity, was shot down by the police when he was eating another man's face on a bridge in the center of Miami.He was first shot in the leg to stop attacking the wounded, but he was in such a state that he simply grunted and continued chewing on the other man's face.Finally the police killed him.This is one of the actions that have been attributed to the consumption of flakka .
Other reported cases include that of a man who believed he was being chased by a hurricane, a woman who thought it was Satan, another who destroyed his house for later crashing into its walls until it dies or the one that is impaled on a fence trying to get rid of some non-existent murderers.
The flakka, which is the name given by the Florida traffickers, is one of the synthetic drugs based on the composition of the catinone .The catinone, which is found in a plant called khat that lives in some areas of Africa , is a stimulant .Some people chew their leaves to achieve that effect.However, when synthetic variants are manufactured they are usually much more dangerous since their effect is acrecienta.
Synthetic catinones, which are known as "bath salts", are usually sold in the form of crystalline powder and in addition to flakka they are called: "Cloud Nine", " Lunar Wave ”,“ Vanilla Sky ”or“ Scarface ”among others.They are widely marketed online and are a cheap substitute for other drugs such as cocaine or methamphetamine .Its effect is 10 times higher than cocaine .It is sold both to be ingested and injected, smoked or inhaled.
The first effect it causes in the brain is behavior disinhibition , but also anxiety and depression .On a second level, it can cause paranoia, hallucinations, panic attacks and delusions.Its action on the brain includes atrophy of the surface molecules of neurons that are responsible for maintaining the level of neurotransmitters such as serotonin or dopamine that regulate behavior.
This drug, known as the zombie drug, arrived from the US and has spread throughout Europe and America.It supposes a great risk to the health of the person who uses it and to the potential victims of paranoia that the consumer may suffer and also, for the moment, flakka is not detected in routine police checks.
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