Judge Sharon Zeller, who runs the Broward misdemeanor drug court program, plays a video in her courtroom twice daily that shows the reality of people high on the drug, flakka. Both she, and Juvenile Delinquency Judge Elijah Williams, joined other community leaders at a recent “No Flakka” panel discussion at Dillard High School. Open to the public, and drawing a crowd of hundreds, the eight-person panel discussed how this synthetic drug is wreaking havoc in Broward, and across south Florida.
According to the county medical examiner’s office, more than 40 people have died this year as a result of using the drug. A collaborative effort between law enforcement, elected officials and other community leaders has formed to fight flakka in Broward, and the panel is just one of many outlets being used to get the word out about the dangers of the drug.
