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Cocaine Bear, inspired by the true story of a bear on stimulants, fails to live up to its over-the-top premise

The film is based on the true story of a black bear who ingested $US2 million worth of cocaine from packages that fell from a plane. (Supplied: Universal)

In December of 1985, reports surfaced of an unfortunate black bear discovered dead in Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest, surrounded by the detritus of a drug delivery from Colombia gone all the way awry.

This beast had somehow managed to munch its way through 40 containers of cocaine – totalling 40 per cent of its body weight – before the onset of multiple medical emergencies that could only result in its demise. (Just be grateful that Winnie the Pooh stopped at honey.)

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