The use of the extremely addictive drug flakka is increasing and the “zombie drug” is causing more problems in the Netherlands. Last year, Dutch cops responded to 995 incidents involving flakka users, up from 614 a year earlier, Omroep WNL reported based on figures from the police.
Drug traffickers are redrawing the map of the cocaine trade for the 21st century: Cultivation is spreading further north, into Central America, while processing labs are jumping across the Atlantic.