Police in south Florida have seen a growing number of cases of bizarre and uncontrollable behavior linked to a street drug called flakka, one of the newer chemicals in the booming category of ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Drug dealers are supplying Broad Ripple’s homeless community with a powerful psychostimulant known to cause bizarre and violent behavior, according to a man who said he knew at ...

(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 ...

(WBIR - ATHENS) A disturbing new drug is making what authorities say appears to be its first appearance in East Tennessee. A drug bust in McMinn County led to the discovery of flakka, a powerful, ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It's a new drug. And it's a killer. Known on the street as "flakka," the synthetic concoction is hitting hard in Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and other parts of the country.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Drug dealers are supplying Broad Ripple’s homeless community with a powerful psychostimulant known to cause bizarre and violent behavior, according to a man who said he knew at ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A man who authorities say crashed his car into a Florida jail in order to visit some friends apparently got what he wanted. Indian River County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Eric ...

And after fears it would reach Australian shores, dreaded designer drug flakka has arrived. Flakka — also known as gravel or alpha-PVP and one of many “bath salt” drugs around — has already ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s one of the newest designer drugs to hit the streets, and it is running rampant throughout Florida. The synthetic drug is extremely dangerous and only takes a little to have ...