A girl in Melbourne, Florida, ran through the street screaming that she was Satan while on a flakka trip.
A man in South Florida who broke down the hurricane-proof doors of a police department admitted to being on flakka. Probably what has brought flakka the most attention is that it gives users what feels like the strength and fury of the Incredible Hulk.ĭeadly High: How synthetic drugs are killing kidsįlakka stories are starting to pile up. It’s that critical.”Ī small overdose of the drug, which can be smoked, injected, snorted or injected, can lead to a range of extreme symptoms: “excited delirium,” as experts call it, marked by violent behavior spikes in body temperature (105 degrees and higher, Hall said) paranoia. “Just a little bit of difference in how much is consumed can be the difference between getting high and dying. “It’s so difficult to control the exact dose ,” said Jim Hall, a drug abuse epidemiologist at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. But like “ bath salts,” a group of related synthetic drugs that were banned in 2012, flakka has the potential to be much more dangerous than cocaine. The man-made drug causes a high similar to cocaine. In some parts of the country, it is also called “gravel” because of its white crystal chunks that have been compared to aquarium gravel. It’s a really fantastic, accessible introduction that would work great in middle school classrooms.It goes by the name flakka. I used to teach introductory research and writing to college Freshmen, and if this book had existed then, I probably would’ve had them read it! At the same time, my 4-year-old enjoyed reading excerpts for the illustrations and silly jokes. This is a must in today’s news cycle, where so much absolute nonsense is passed off as news. Using humor and super fun illustrations, author and illustrator Elise Gravel shows how kids can spot fake news and conspiracy theories. This middle grade graphic nonfiction is an ingenious introduction to media literacy for kids. Well-delineated panel illustrations featuring blobby critters and pastel colors make these thorny concepts relatively easy to get and should leave many readers feeling empowered.- ELISSA GERSHOWITZ, Horn Book It can actually be very dangerous.” The tone is non-blame-y of consumers (but not purveyors) of fake news, with acknowledgment of the ease of being duped (“Admit it-you’d be curious, too”) and useful advice about thinking critically, examining sources, etc. Though the examples aren’t necessarily serious, the consequences are: “So far, I have given you a bunch of silly examples of fake news,” says the pink protagonist, “but fake news is not funny at all. The hows and whys are explored using specific, goofy fictional case studies and people’s motives (e.g., “Reason 1: To make money…Reason 2: To make money and get famous,” etc.) are plainly laid out. Two jellybean–shaped creatures, one blue, one pink, delve into the intricacies and duplicity behind one of the most insidious and pervasive issues of our time, and the first chapter of this middle-grade comic dives right in: “What Is Fake News?” Gravel does a fine job breaking down complex ideas, beginning with the definition of news (“information about important stuff that’s happening in the world right now”) and explaining that while disinformation is not new (“Hear ye, hear ye! An evil magician turned the king into a goat!”), the internet and other modern technologies have made it much easier to make lies look real and to intentionally spread them. Here’s my latest book on disinformation, media literacy and conspiracy theories: Killer underwear invasion!
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