flakka

Street drug flakka ravaged South Florida, then disappeared

Published on April 8, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Associated Press

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. Broward County became infamous as the epicenter for the amphetamine, making national headlines in April 2015 after slowly building on the scene for several months. Users tore off clothes as their body temperatures spiked to 105 degrees. Some hallucinated that they were gods or that they were being…

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Florida grand jury to investigate flakka after 33 deaths

Published on August 23, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

A Broward County grand jury is preparing to investigate the distribution and use of the synthetic drug flakka following at least 33 deaths linked to the substance over the past 10 months. State Attorney Michael Satz says the goal is to find ways to assist law enforcement, medical providers and the community as a whole in tackling the growing problem. Satz says Broward County hospitals are seeing up to 20 flakka-related patients a day and many more are going to…

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Today on Context Florida: Public services, Alan Grayson & MSNBC and flakka

Published on July 6, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: We expect state government to provide public goods and services, says Dale Brill. Elected officials bear the burden of deciding which services are offered and setting the tax rates and fees necessary to fund them. A look at Florida’s fragile revenue structure demonstrates the state will struggle to sustain the quality and scope of its current offerings. As the old business saying goes, “You can have your services good, fast or cheap. Pick any two.” Peter Schorsch…

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Flakka, synthetic drug behind increasingly bizarre crimes

Published on April 30, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

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 daylight, convinced a pack of German shepherds was pursuing him. Two others tried separately to break into the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. They said they thought people were chasing them; one wound up impaled on a fence. The common element to these and other bizarre incidents…

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