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Synthetic drug Flakka behind increasingly bizarre crimes in Florida
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 in Florida in the last few months is flakka, an increasingly popular synthetic designer drug. Also known as gravel and readily available for $5 or less a vial, it's a growing problem for police after bursting on the scene in 2013.
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Flakka: The New Designer Drug you need to know about. Its use has been reported primarily in Florida, Texas, and Ohio, but it is probably making its way into many other cities. It is a new synthetic amphetamine-like stimulant that is similar to the compound contained in bath salts, and it causes sweating, paranoia, delusional behavior and hallucinations.
And now on to the latest Florida Flakka (Spanish slang for "pretty, thin girl") user.
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Florida mom takes Flakka, her baby found alone near street, say police
Police say a Boynton Beach mother told them she had been using the drug Flakka before she lost track of her infant daughter, who was found alone in front of a building on Thursday, crying, shivering and with diapers full of feces and urine.
Qushanna Doby, 20, is charged with one count of child neglect.
Investigators responded to a call at 6:55 a.m. about an unattended baby crying in front of a building at 500 Gulfstream Blvd. in Boynton Beach. They found the 1-year-old baby sitting about 25 to 50 feet away from the street. Her diapers appeared to have not been changed in a long time.
Doby told police that she had been smoking Flakka the night before and hanging out with friends. A friend drove her to a hotel in DelRay Beach to meet a man. Doby told police she left the hotel at 3 a.m. because she did not want to have sex with him.
She then walked with her baby to a Walmart where she wound up sitting outside and feeding the infant bacon cheddar chips. Doby told police she put Sprite in the baby's bottle for her to drink.
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