‘Five-Dollar Insanity’ Drug That is More Dangerous than Bath Salts and Can Cause Superhuman Strength Is Flooding Florida

As if people needed another inexpensive drug on the market that can produce crazy and violent behavior, Florida is seeing a rash of incidences where users of a new drug possess superhuman strength and delirium, according to a new report from the Daily Mail.

A new designer drug even stronger than crystal meth dubbed ‘$5 insanity’ for its mind-bending effects is spreading across Florida..

Flakka, which can be injected, snorted, smoked, swallowed or taken with other substances like marijuana, is usually made from the chemical alpha-PVP.

That’s the synthetic version of the stimulant cathinone, the same type of chemical that is used to make bath salts.

Flakka resembles a mix of crack cocaine and meth and it has a noticeably foul smell, WPBF 25 News reported.

St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office special investigations Sgt. Rob Pettit said: ‘It has a strong odor like a sweaty sock.

‘It’s pretty serious.

‘We’re always trying to play catchup with the drug dealers as it is, and now here we are trying to get accustomed to finding yet another drug.’

Once ingested, the drug causes a feeling of euphoria, hallucinations and sometimes psychosis or apparent superhuman strength.

The high lasts for a couple hours and users are left with a strong desire to use again.

Users have nicknamed the drug ‘$5 insanity’ because hits often cost less than $10, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

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