Jim Hall

We know that synthetics are being vaped. We know that kids are us... by Jim Hall

We know that synthetics are being vaped. We know that kids are using synthetics.

It's so difficult to control the exact dose [of flakka], just a little bit of difference in how much is consumed can be the difference between getting high and dying. It's that critical.

It’s cheap like crack cocaine, this is as close as we’ve come to a crack cocaine problem since 1995 in terms of the severe reactions, low prices, and that it’s available to young kids, and even homeless populations are now impacted.

More of it remains active flooding the brain with excess dopamine, resulting in intense pleasure and its related anticipation that users come to crave resulting in compulsive use and a stronger addiction, designing the molecule of a drug that blocks the exit door for dopamine in the brain makes it a more addictive substance.

One of the reasons we think alpha-PVP is such a problem is because it is extremely dose-specific, and even just a little dose will give a person the desired effect of they want.

I think that would be a deterrent, we're talking right now about putting cameras on our police officers.

We've had five to eight incidents like this since Egypt Air, most of those occurred when the pilot was left alone in the cockpit. I think we now need to focus on threats inside the cockpit.