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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authorities have speculated the drug "flakka" could be connected to the gruesome case of a Florida couple who were fatally stabbed ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Police and rescue units responded Friday morning to reports of a naked man who’d scaled a 30-foot drawbridge in Ft. Lauderdale. So far no police reports have been released on the incident, which ...

MIAMI (Reuters) - For decades, South Florida has battled drug traffickers who ship boatloads of cocaine from South America. Now the region is dealing with a new epidemic - cheap, synthetic drugs that ...

Pam Bondi has jumped into the flakka hysteria fray and issued an official warning to Florida parents as summer kicks off. “Flakka causes delusions, hallucinations and can increase body temperature to ...

Last week, a 22-year-old woman was arraigned for conspiring with her boyfriend to sell flakka, the lab-grown drug that has flooded the streets of South Florida, causing users to do things that land ...

On slow days, reporters have been known to type “Georgia man” or “Georgia woman” in Google to troll for news. Typing “Florida man” generates even crazier results. When people have asked me “Why are ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A year after it ravaged South Florida, flakka — the synthetic street drug known for causing psychotic outbursts — is virtually gone. The deaths. The hallucinating users. The ...

VERO BEACH, Fla. (KRON, 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 ...

WSVN — Broward County is the epicenter of another deadly drug problem. This time it's related to Flakka, a dangerous drug that can cost users their minds and their lives. Investigative Reporter Carmel ...