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.

(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, ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A new grand jury report says statewide changes are needed to prevent flakka-related deaths in central Florida after 61 people died in Broward County over the span of 15 months.

An elderly grandmother who was beaten bloody three months ago by a man police say was in a drug-fueled rage has died — and investigators are awaiting the outcome of an autopsy to determine whether ...

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 ...

•Alpha-PVP, nicknamed "flakka," is a powerful new synthetic drug that was placed on the U.S. list of illegal controlled substances in 2014. •The drug looks like rock salt and smells like ammonia. In ...

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 ...

A 19-year-old man who smashed through the front window of a Florida home and attacked a woman and her adult son said he was on the powerful street drug flakka, a sheriff said Monday. Martin County ...

Even worse, perhaps, the people selling flakka and Molly - you buy it online and it comes right to your door - are getting away with it. The ever-changing nature of the drug’s ingredients has proven ...

A few years ago, a new synthetic drug called Flakka appeared in Florida. It wasn’t long before viral videos and sensationalized news reports of alleged Flakka overdoses started to spread across the ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY (CBS12) — Treasure Coast deputies raid two homes and discover an illegal gun and drugs, including Flakka. The Indian River County Sheriff's Office SWAT team arrested two people in ...