(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 ...

BROWARD COUNTY, fl (KRON/CNN) — There is a warning out about a new synthetic drug that health experts say has the potential to be much more dangerous than cocaine. It goes by the name flakka. In some ...

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 ...

Back in early February, a Lake Worth man stripped naked, climbed up on top of his apartment building with a handgun, and began to threaten to shoot himself and others. After hours of negotiating with ...

WSVN — A dangerous drug has seen a surge on South Florida streets and has made international headlines, but experts say it could just be the tip of a troubling trend. Investigative Reporter Carmel ...

Was it a psychotic break from a mix of paranoid schizophrenia and drug use, or a bad flakka trip alone, that led a 29-year-old man to beat an 82-year-old stranger so severely that she was hospitalized ...

Law enforcement officials and medical personnel are warning people about the risks of a dangerous new synthetic drug that is growing in popularity in the streets of South Florida. Just last month, a ...

“Flakka,” a new designer drug luring some young Americans, is even more potent and more addictive than its synthetic predecessors, which long skirted the law, experts say. On the street, it's also ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...