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BRAIN-MELTDOWN FLAKKA SHAKES KENTUCKY COUNTY

VANCEBURG, Ky.  - In six months, Ashley lost 50 pounds, blew through $15,000 of a settlement and sold her house for $700.

She lost feeling in her fingertips.  Her hands turned raw and scaly, almost black.  She was convinced her old man talked to people through the vents, that strangers lurked outside and that she was once in a high-speed chase - sirens blaring - with the law.

She stayed awake for nine straight days, rarely ate and drank even less.  A stench clung to her body.  In the shower, she could feel something seep out of the pores in her face.  She never could get clean enough.

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