Flakka, a new designer drug popular in Florida, is continuing to generate bizarre incidents of naked rage and paranoia among users — but officials say it’s no laughing matter.

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 ...

(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, ...

(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 ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The “zombie” drug is back in some Ohio neighborhoods. But this time, it’s being mixed with opioids. The state just sent out a warning for EMS providers to be on the lookout for ...

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 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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Imagine a designer drug that has created paranoid zombies with incredible strength. We have obtained video showing what this drug can do to a user, and now Flakka has been making it ...

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 ...

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.

Nearly 1 percent of high school seniors report using Flakka, a highly potent and potentially dangerous synthetic drug, according to a study by researchers at NYU School of Medicine, the Center for ...

Nearly one percent of high school seniors report using Flakka, a highly potent and potentially dangerous synthetic drug, according to a new study. Nearly 1 percent of high school seniors report using ...