Vice Presents: America on Drugs
Season 1 • Episode 2: Flakka's $5 Insanity • Watch with subtitles
Episode 2: Flakka's $5 Insanity
May 9, 2019 • 60 min
The story of current and recovering Flakka users as they struggle with addiction and the lingering effects of their drug use. Coined "five-dollar insanity," in 2014, a powerful new street drug called "Flakka," flooded the streets of South Florida. Over the next year, this highly-addictive drug would cause its users to exhibit extreme, often public, acts of erratic behavior and symptoms of dementia and psychosis.
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