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 ...

Authorities have speculated the drug "flakka" could be connected to the gruesome case of a Florida couple who were fatally stabbed Monday before the 19-year-old suspect allegedly tried to eat one of ...

There’s yet another illicit drug menacing our nation; it’s called “flakka.” It’s a super-powerful stimulant that affects ...

Like bath salts before it, a new synthetic designer street drug called flakka is unleashing maniacal paranoia, rage and delirium on South Florida’s streets. Since January, flakka has given rise to a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. >> 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 broad ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is ground zero for the fight against a new drug -- one that already has been blamed for at least 16 deaths. And while South Florida is known as the hotspot for flakka, the drug ...

On Monday, a man named Travis Gordon was arrested for allegedly stabbing two men in Gifford, Florida, WPBF reported. The stabbing occurred last week, and Gordon is suspected to have been high on ...

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 ...

People high on the drug known as flakka have been cited for extreme behavior ranging from lewd public acts to breaking and entering in police reports in Florida over the past several years. Scientists ...

UPDATE: Man possibly high on #flakka sought after double stabbing in Indian River Co. http://bit.ly/1Vc4zT2 pic.twitter.com/kXCJbwB5RX What is it? Dubbed the "Devil's ...