“Perhaps the program wasn’t being fully honest about the situation and exaggerated for dramatic effect.”
That would be my guess. It’s not like alcohol or opiate drugs, which can poison you if you get too much in your system.
I think it attaches to serotonin or dopamine receptors. And once it has flooded all of them nothing more can happen no matter how much you have ingested.
Check this out, Pelham, I found the exact segment of the program Drugs Inc, this is the guy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a93Kjf_azO0