Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flakka is a synthetic drug that was developed in the 1960s and is commonly known today as a "bath salt." This synthetic drug is ...

In late 2014, the synthetic drug known as flakka exploded on the scene and prompted such bizarre, violent behavior that it quickly became shorthand for lunacy. The street drug, which is similar to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is it? Dubbed the "Devil's Drug," flakka's full name is alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone, and is a cathinone, which is similar ...

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 ...

Just under 1% of American teenagers are knowingly using the synthetic drug flakka, according to new research. “The main finding was that less than 1% of high school seniors are estimated to have used ...

(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 ...

Like cocaine, flakka is a stimulant, meaning that it’s a substance that turns up the volume on the body’s natural inner workings. The effects of cocaine on the brain are much better understood, in ...

Florida police confronted a man in April 2015 who thought he was God or Thor, and had sex with a tree. When the officers tasered him, he managed to pull the electric probes off his body and try to ...

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 ...

FT. LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Fort Lauderdale Police said a call for a domestic disturbance of a man holding a woman hostage with a weapon ended with that man shot at the hands of police. Investigators ...

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 ...

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 ...