This morning, I was
shown a crazy video of persons who were acting like zombies and running berserk
acting as though they were high on something. And yeah, the way they displayed
could only have been achieved by being high on something because nobody in
their right frames of mind would run into a windshield, run into a moving car,
almost strangling an innocent co-passenger on a train, or be rolling on the
road especially on a highway with fast moving vehicles and passersby.
It didn’t take long
watching the video before my suspicions of them being high on something were
confirmed as the narrator in the video soon revealed that the cause of the actions
in the video is related to the victims’ indulgence in a street drug called flakka.
Flakka which is the colloquial
name for this street drug which was designed in the 60s is actually alpha- Pyrrolidinopentiophenone a
synthetic stimulant of the Cathinone family, somewhat like amphetamine thereby
making it a dangerous designer drug which leaves its users dangerous not only to
themselves but also those around them.
As though that video on
flakka was not enough of an ordeal, I got to the office and saw a screenshot of news reporting that a teen had
died from drinking caffeine too early thus bringing back memories of how I almost
passed out during exams back in my days as an undergraduate in the University
having read ‘jacked’ all night with my eyes wide open all through given the
large amounts of highly concentrated coffee I was used to taking at the time
whenever it was time for exams to enable me stay awake while reading at night.
Back then, I took
coffee or caffeine as though it was going out of fashion and I soon realized that
I was no longer drinking just because it was exams but also that I had become
an ADDICT nevertheless did not wait for anyone to caution me to stop after that
encounter in the exams hall. I cautioned myself and stopped.
Where am I going with
all this? You may ask.
To every one of you out
there, you know what you are addicted to. Whatever it is, please help yourself
and STOP! It doesn’t have to be anything taken orally, it may just be some
habits other than drinking, drugs, smoking et al. Just stop that ADDICTION now.
Don’t wait till it gets
out of hand and too late.
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