Chinese-Made Synthetic Chemicals Are Affecting More Than Just Broward County

If you thought flakka was bad (and it is) can you imagine what synthetic Chinese-made chemicals are doing among international waters? There’s way more out there being made than just Flakka, who has had a particularly deadly effect in Broward County– according to the Washington Post there have been 16 confirmed deaths all attributed to flakka. Buying these deadly drugs (which are not yet internationally illicit, because of their newness) is as easy as searching online and placing an order in under half an hour in some cases. And no, we’re not going to tell you how to search for them.

The problem with being able to order these chemicals online, typically in bulk for wholesale prices, is the ease of subsequent dissemination. Drug dealers are purchasing wholesale addictive substances, like flakka, for a few thousand dollars and are making tens and thousands of dollars in profit. No, this is not the time to consider changing your profession. Case and point: flakka, and other synthetic chemicals, are responsible for increased hospital, death, and injury rates.

The DEA is tirelessly pursuing the synthetic drugs to the best of its ability, but with thrifty shipping the packages containing illicit substances are hard to find. According to the Washington Post, sometimes boxes laden with substances like flakka tout labels such as “shampoo,” “cleaner,” or “industrial solvent.” If the DEA started ripping open every package with those labels on them, there would be a lot of angry people who wouldn’t be able to wash their hair.

To compound the problem, wholesalers are offering free samples in some cases to get their consumers hooked, much like drug dealers on the street, who offer their potential clients free hits of heroin or cocaine to incite the perilous road down substance abuse. In Broward County alone, a major hospital has reported seeing up to 20 patients with flakka related incidents in one day.

The New York times has reported there are over 150 chemical labs producing substances like flakka known to date- with plenty unknown and ameature chemists to boot. The Washington Post quotes Broward County Sheriff’s Detective William Schwartz,

“We’re talking thousands of labs in China. They’re everywhere, and it’s very common over there, and the exportation laws leave a lot to be desired as far as law enforcement in the United States [is] concerned.”

The motivation behind all of this production? Money. The Washington Post reports it doesn’t take long to create these synthetic chemicals (unlike substances like heroin), and they can be made in run down factories and makeshift basement labs. Akin to our methamphetamine crisis on the Mexican boarder of the United States, these synthetic drugs from the Chinese (and no, not every Chinese person is making these substances) may prove to be just as troublesome down the line.

What’s your take on synthetic substances? Should they be banned or left up to individual discretion?

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