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HotD, He looks more like a resurrected corpse than a living person. Could that be a side effect of the flakka?

He does look like a zombie. I don't know what he normally looks like, but it could be the flakka. I had never heard of flakka before this story; had to look it up.


Flakka is made from a synthetic version of an amphetamine-like stimulant, similar to other drugs like bath salts, and can be snorted, smoked, injected or swallowed. It can make a person violent and falsely feel invincible.

Dennis Wichern, special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Chicago field division, says this drug is linked to at least 10 deaths and also is being cut with rat poison and insecticides. It's sold online.

"It's part stimulant like meth or amphetamine, part hallucinogenic like MDMA [Molly], and it has the ability to have a little bit of attributes like PCP," Wichern said. "It's causing big issues for us."

So big, in fact, the DEA put it on an emergency list last year, making flakka illegal. The drug is mainly coming from China and is being seized at O'Hare International Airport, says Ralph Piccirilli with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scary-new-de...s-chicago/