(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 ...

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. Flakka is a synthetic drug that was developed in the 1960s and is commonly known today as a "bath salt." This synthetic drug is ...

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 arrests. All of it.

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 ...

Nearly as quickly as flakka burst onto Broward County‘s street-drug scene, unleashing mania that had users stripping naked in the streets and racing from packs of imagined killers, the designer drug ...

A horrific story out of Florida on Tuesday has shined a spotlight on a “designer drug” whose effects can be so extreme that some call it “the devil’s drug.” A man in Tequesta, Fla., was arrested and ...

In 2012, bath salts became synonymous with cannibal behavior after a man thought to be high on the substance chewed the face and eyeball off of another man. Subsequent toxicology tests revealed that ...

A look into Flakka, a synthetic drug that appeared in Florida. Sensational news reports and viral videos led to people comparing its effects to a zombie outbreak.

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 ...

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 ...