Flakka Numbers Increasing Exponentially, Alpha-PVP Spreads Into Midwest

With a myriad of street names, potent effects, and a street cost of just $5, alpha- PVP (commonly known as Flakka) is rapidly becoming a favorite among drug abusers in South Florida. Users experience delusions and exhibit aggressive behavior, as well as an increased paranoia and spiking internal body temperature. Imported from China through legal loopholes, Flakka is eclipsing cocaine in numbers of users in South Florida. The Wall Street Journal reports that the number of seizures of alpha-PVP has jumped from five in 2011 to 2,920 last year. 29 deaths were attributed to Flakka use in the past year alone while. The Broward County Sheriff’s Department analyzes an average of 100 Flakka cases a month in comparison to one case in January 2014.

Flakka has continued infecting the streets of the US, spreading into the south and midwest regions of the country where communities are already ravaged by prescription drug abuse. In Kingsport, Tennessee alpha-PVP is known as “gravel” and the rapid increase in cases involving the drug has proven especially taxing on the already under supported police department. Rural areas do not have the means to battle such a dangerous substance, as the police and medical staffs in such locations are not equip to deal with the intensity of the drug’s effects. Often times a single, undertrained officer is dispatched to handle compromised and potentially dangerous individuals.

Broward county’s police and medical services are also struggling to combat the epidemic. Fort Lauderdale is the epicenter of alpha-PVP use in Broward County. The Broward Health systems reports an average of 12 Flakka cases a day, including people suffering from psychotic episodes or cardiac arrest. Increased body temperature has lead some individuals to strip out of their clothes while paranoia causes a number of insane actions. One man reportedly impaled himself on a spiked fence he was attempting to scale while another kicked in the door of a police station to escape non-existent pursuers. Reform in drug laws is targeted toward purging the streets of Flakka and other synthesized drugs by imposing hefty fines and prison sentences of up to 10 years, but the battle is long and far from over.

 

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