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Just a click away, flakka can be 'shipped from China right to your doorstep'

As easy as ordering a book from Amazon.com, you can buy bulk quantities of the key ingredient in flakka, a psychosis-inducing street drug which has contributed to nearly 20 Broward County deaths since September.

Although banned in the United States since February 2014, acquiring the synthetic stimulant alpha-PVP from overseas is as simple as going online, placing an order, wiring money to a lab or pharmaceutical company in China and getting it shipped to a post office box, mail center or your home.

"It's that easy, and it's despicable," said Broward Sheriff's Detective Bill Schwartz.