Discussion: New '$5 Insanity' Drug Is Behind String Of Bizarre Incidents In Florida

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Discussion for article #235846

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Why would Florida need an ‘insanity drug’ ?

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“It actually starts to rewire the brain chemistry. They have no control
over their thoughts. They can’t control their actions,” Maines said. “It
seems to be universal that they think someone is chasing them. It’s
just a dangerous, dangerous drug.”

Just like what happens to people who watch Fox News all the time.

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Points.

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I lay every dangerous new substance developed and sold at the feet of our insane “War on Drugs.” There are plenty of very reliable, cheap, and relatively safe (if tobacco and alcohol are the benchmarks) recreational drugs, so without prohibition there is no need to develop new intoxicants with unproven side effects. We (humankind) are our own worst enemies.

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I’m glad I read the whole article because the payoff was the man impaled on his buttocks that “took hours to cut him down”. Oooffa!

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anyone who has ever been to FL knows that bizarre, dementia and insanity are everyday conditions More fried brains per capita than any other place I’ve ever seen.

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So a drug that turns you into Michelle Bachmann?

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they should have just let us have our MDMA

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“It seems to be universal that they think someone is chasing them.”

Hey, guys, I think I just figured out what happened in Texas.

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Finally, something new. Crack has seemed really boring to me for a while.

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I never watch Faux Snooze, so I have to ask, Is flakka advertised on the network?

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Two months from now it’s Blendo. A year from now it’s Soma Three years from now it’s PQA.

Keep treating the symptoms and the U.S. will still be making millionaires in third world countries

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It seems that they don’t know yet what harm it does health wise to the users, but I’ll tell you this, for the casual observer of Flakka users, it has huge comedic entertainment value.
And let the guy on the fence be a lesson to everybody, “If you’re going to take Flakka you better WATCH YOUR ASS”

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“It actually starts to rewire the brain chemistry. They have no control over their thoughts. They can’t control their actions,”

Through neural plasticity, there can be “rewiring” of neuronal connectivity - but that is a long term process related to learning, memory and addiction. This is an acutely active drug that is better described as interfering with normal neurotransmitter function and thus changing excitatory and inhibitory signaling pathways.

In any event, this is a dangerous business.

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You skipped Brawndo. It’s got electrolytes.

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Idiocracy is actually one of the better possibilities for the human race.

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need to try this

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No wonder Rush relocated to Florida…

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24/7!