The plot of the new comedy “Cocaine Bear” is so outrageous it must be true, right?
In the film, which Elizabeth Banks directs, a black bear ingests bricks of cocaine and goes on a drug-fueled killing spree in Georgia’s Chattahoochee Forest.
So where does fact end and fiction begin? We break it down for you.
Did a Bear Really Overdose on Coke?
Yes, a bear really ingested and overdosed on cocaine. Here’s what happened.
In September 1985, drug smuggler Andrew Thornton (played by Matthew Rhys in the film) was trafficking hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cocaine from Columbia into the U.S.