The synthetic designer drug flakka is already spreading in the streets of Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Kentucky, California and Florida, 10 TV reported.
The stimulant, which appear is similar to bath salts, can cause hallucinogenic effects that triggers psychotic breakdowns from its users. It leads them to become violent and suicidal.
In Florida, where the drug was first discovered, an 82-year-old grandmother was randomly killed by a man believed to be high on flakka. Several other users have also said that they could not remember what they were doing after taking the synthetic drug. A mother high on the drug abandoned her baby, while hallucinations led people have sex with trees because of flakka.
"I was completely out of my mind. I could have killed somebody. I could have killed myself," said Mike Haney from Chicago in the 10 TV report.
Authorities can't pinpoint what is in the drug in order to make it illegal as the composition is constantly being changed by those making it. If one "recipe" is made illegal, the "cookers" just change the recipe. Flakka can be smoked, swallowed or ingested. The chemical was already found concealed in e-cigarettes and have recently been discovered in gummi bear candies, according to CBS Miami.
The drug is sold ten times cheaper than drug cocktail Molly, according to CBS St. Louis, but the more pressing problem is that people who are buying it don't have any idea what they're in for.
"These synthetics drugs are made with chemicals that nobody knows what they are," says Bill Bergquist, the sheriff of Clay County, Fla., via Valley News Life. "And as soon as the government comes around and bans a certain chemical, well then they will go mix something else up to make a different chemical in this drug."
Florida has been made the "epicenter" as 25 deaths related to flakka were already reported. DEA Special agent Kevin Stanfill is heading the task force. "We have individuals high on flakka that are coming up to parents with their kids, trying to take their kids. They're not just getting high, they're going out and hurting other people. You don't see that with a lot of the other drugs like you are with flakka right now," Stanfill told news outlets.
Local police have been alerted by the FBI for this killer drug, which is now considered more dangerous than meth, bath salts and cocaine.
