it's a synthetic narcotic called flakka.ties tell cnn it's a new drug of choice because it's cheap, gives you good high. the flakka says it's caused some users to commit attempted murder. cnn's alina machado has more. >> reporter: the video is startling. a man running naked through florida in broad daylight. >> does he have any clothes on at all? >> at all. >> no? >> no nothing. and he looks -- he's sweating and he's talking. he's approaching people. he's talking nonsense. >> reporter: 35-year-old matthew kinney tells police he thought people were chasing him and trying to kill him. he also admits to smoking flakka a new synthetic drug. it can be smoked eaten or snorted and commonly referred to as $5 insanity for the intense and cheap high it gives users. >> they say it's as bad of a drug as they've ever seen. >> reporter: this sheriff says his deputies are seeing more flakka cases than ever before. they first saw the drug last year. so far, in the first three months of this year they have already seen 275 cases. >> people w

the drug is called flakka.inois ohio texas, kentucky, california and florida, especially hard. mark albert is live with more on the threat that's alarming police. >> it's a drug described more powerful than hay ore win and cocaine. law enforcement officers are warning of the dangers not just to users but to anyone who gets in their way. these videos show what can happen when flakka takes over. >> i am god. i am god. i am life. >> psychotic breakdowns hallucinations, and indiscriminate violence. last month an 82 yld grandmother was killed in her beach home by a man who was high on flakka. this man impaled himself on a fence at a police station while on the drug. mike says he doesn't remember what he did for two days after unwittingly taking flakka. >> i was completely out of my mind. i could have killed somebody. i could have killed myself. >> flakka also known as gravel is a synthetic still lent a cousin found in bath salts. it can come in a capsule or powder. users can smoke, inhale or inject it. with 25 death

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often chose high the name of spies or k2 and bath salts that mimic the effects of cocaine and also flakka is probably the best known of that category. as is indicated a lot of the designer drugs are marketed as perfectly legal substances, everything from this to pet food, most of the substances are labeled not for human consumption. let's just say that people have disregarded those warning labels with a vengeance and the increased use of designer drugs most of those are coming from production site either in mexico or suburban sites in china and then shipped over to the united states and other markets. as the levels have risen the news media stories have also surged often with headlines about the dire threat to public health and safety. there's no question that there has been a surge of use in designer drugs. just accessing the data to emergency rooms will show that there has been a tremendous surge over the last five or six or seven years and that the drug prohibition argued that this poses an especially serious threat to children. the official of the drug enforcement administration says

synthetic marijuana, often going by the name of spice, and then -- which mimic the effects of cocaine and flakka is probably the best-known of that category. as chris indicated, not the designer drugs are marketed as perfectly legal substances, everything from potpourri to air finishing dependent -- air freshener, attitude, and was at the substances are labeled not for human consumption. let's say people have disregarded those warning labels with a vengeance. and the increased use of designer drugs, and most of those are coming from production sites either in mexico or more commonly now suburban sites in china and then shipped over to the united states and other markets. as use levels have risen, and news media stories also surged, and often with scare headlines about the dire threat to public health and safety. now, there is no question there has been a surge of use in so-called designer drugs. just accessing the data on visits to emergency rooms will poison control centers or so on, which is there has been a tremendous surge over the last 5, 6, 10 years. and the drug prohibitions argue that th

often chose high the name of spies or k2 and bath salts that mimic the effects of cocaine and also flakka is probably the best known of that category. as is indicated a lot of the designer drugs are marketed as perfectly legal substances, everything from this to pet food, most of the substances are labeled not for human consumption. let's just say that people have disregarded those warning labels with a vengeance and the increased use of designer drugs most of those are coming from production site either in mexico or suburban sites in china and then shipped over to the united states and other markets. as the levels have risen the news media stories have also surged often with headlines about the dire threat to public health and safety. there's no question that there has been a surge of use in designer drugs. just accessing the data to emergency rooms will show that there has been a tremendous surge over the last five or six or seven years and that the drug prohibition argued that this poses an especially serious threat to children. the official of the drug enforcement administration says

and then bath salts, which mimic the effects of cocaine and flakka is probably the best known of that category. now, as chris indicated, a lot of the designer drugs are marketed as perfectly legal substances. everything from potpourri to air freshener to pet food. and most of those substances are explicitly labeled not for human consumption. well let's just say people have disregarded those warning labels with a vengeance. and the increased use of designer drugs, and most of those are coming from production sites either in mexico or even more commonly now suburban sites in china and then shipped over to the united states and other markets. as use levels have risen the news media stories have also surged and often with scare headlines about the dire, dire threat to public health and safety. now, there's no question there's been a surge of use in so-called designer drugs. just accessing the data on visits to emergency rooms or poison control centers and so on would show there's been a tremendous surge over the last five, six seven years. and the drug prohibitionists argue that this pose