A synthetic drug now in the region is known for causing its users to act out with violence or other erratic behavior. Flakka is a synthetic drug that looks similar to bath salts, an illegal synthetic ...

There’s a new drug in town called flakka. Many reports are saying this new designer drug is sweeping the state of Florida: Broward Health Medical Center — Florida's public hospital system and one of ...

When details of an attack allegedly involving a Florida State University student who police say stabbed an innocent couple to death then tried to eat the face of one of the victims were released ...

A flakka drought has descended upon the good state of Florida, which is presumably horrendous news for anyone hoping to make it into headlines with a distinctly Floridian flakka freakout. After ...

(CNN) — It goes by the name flakka. In some parts of the country, it is also called “gravel” because of its white crystal chunks that have been compared to aquarium gravel. The man-made drug causes a ...

Flakka is a synthetic drug that was developed in the 1960s and is commonly known today as a "bath salt." This synthetic drug is sold on the streets in a variety of forms, as cheap substitutes for ...

A spur of drug-related arrests in Florida has drawn panicked media reports like flies to honey. By now you may have heard about "flakka," a cheap designer drug being sold in the Sunshine State that ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — One man ran naked through a Florida neighborhood, tried to have sex with a tree and told police he was the mythical god Thor. Another ran nude down a busy city street in broad ...

Stories of horrific crimes resulting from drug use have been propagated by the media for over a century. Such stories began with cocaine in 1914 and were followed by "reefer madness" stories in the ...

It seems that no community has found a safe harbor during this country’s heroin and opioid crisis. It does not matter if you live in the richest community or the poorest community, families in all ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. It goes by the name flakka. In some parts of ...