If you’re the type who keeps tabs on the hot new drugs flooding the market, you might have come across flakka, which has been “wreaking havoc” in the U.S. this year. It has gotten a lot of attention ...

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 ...

A few years ago, a new synthetic drug called Flakka appeared in Florida. It wasn’t long before viral videos and sensationalized news reports of alleged Flakka overdoses started to spread across the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alpha-PVP, also known as flakka, has caused a rash of emergency room visits and overdose deaths. Photo from the National Institute on Drug Abuse It’s a new drug. And it’s a killer. Known on the street ...

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 ...

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.