The Top 5 Most Dangerous Drugs

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Hello, and welcome back to Pop 5’s! Today, we will be counting down the top five most dangerous drugs you could take. These drugs can make you do insane, crazy, or deranged things. Don’t believe us? Just keep reading, and find out for yourself, the Top 5 Most Dangerous Drugs!

1. Krokodil

Krokodil is the worst drug you can possibly take. This drug is most popular in Russia because of its very low price. This drug is like derivative of morphine except that it is 10 times more powerful. So many people are addicted to krokodil because it is almost like a cheaper version of heroin but it is more dangerous because it is homemade. The dangers of taking krokodil are that you are likely to develop gangrene and this drug will rot your flesh making you look like a real zombie.

2. Whoonga

Whoonga is a drug that is most popular in South Africa. The drug contains drugs that are used to treat HIV but many of the dealers mix it with all sorts of stuff to bulk it up. Some of the effects of whoonga are major health issues like internal bleeding, stomach ulcers and in some cases death.

3. Bath salts

Bath salts is a synthetic crystal drug that is most popular in the US. although they don't sound harmful because of actual bath salts you out in your bath. These math salts are very dangerous because it turns you into a zombie. The drug was sold online at first disguised as actual bath salts. The effects of the drugs are unusual behaviour, possibility of a heart attack, and a higher body temperature.

4. Flakka

Flakka is a drug very similar to bath salts. Flakka creates very strong hallucination that make you go completely crazy and increases attention and energy. There have been cases where people under the influence of Flakka have eaten people's faces! Flakka is a drug usually manufactured in China for very cheap ($5). In the past year Flakka has been responsible for a total of 29 deaths just in Broward County, Florida alone.

5. Heroin

Heroin is a drug mostly used recreationally but is sometimes used medically. The drug is sometimes smoked, snorted or inhaled it is mostly injected into your vein. Many people are hooked on this drug because it is highly addictive and many people become dependant on the drug, so they need it. The effects of heroin are blood borne infections, infected heart valves and many more. In the past year 12 989 people died in America alone because of heroin overdose.

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