DAMMAM — Instructions have been issued to punish anyone indicted with smuggling Flakka pills with discretionary death penalty. According to the instructions, the same punishment will also be applied on those who receive, import, export, produce or cultivate the intoxicating pills. Informed sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the instructions have considered the Flakka a banned item in the Kingdom which is covered by the anti-drug rules and regulations for its extreme danger and as it contains serious drugging material. Flakka, manufactured in China, first arrived in the US in 2013. It is highly addictive designer drug that causes paranoia, psychosis, extremely high body temperature, hallucinations, hypertension, fast heart-beat and delirium. It can be used through the mouth or nose. It can also be taken as fluid through injections. Under the instructions, anyone caught using Flakka will be imprisoned for a minimal period of two years or a maximum of five, 50 whip lashes and a fine ranging between SR3,000 and SR30,000.
