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Flakka is a dangerous drug, but it doesn't turn you into a zombie

  • Written by Joseph Palamar, Assistant Professor of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center
image"Bath salts," or synthetic street drugs with amphetamines. Via DEA.DEA

Stories of horrific crimes resulting from drug use have been propagated by the media for over a century. Such stories began with cocaine in 1914 and were followed by “reefer madness” stories in the 1930s and reports of “LSD murders” in the 1960s. Our...

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