(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another reason to be happy we live in Central Florida: We don’t have Broward County’s problems. At least not yet. According to a report from the Broward State Attorney’s office, a grand jury was ...

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.

A North Carolina man on Friday was sentenced to 16 months in prison for his leadership role over a “flakka” drug distribution conspiracy and international money laundering operation centered in ...

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 ...