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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Stay Away From The Salts!!!




By: Victor Mitchell


MDPV is a common ingredient in a street drug known as "bath salts" which is one of the most dangerous and bizarre drugs circulating in the U.S. Some of the symptoms are being paranoid, agitated, violent and hallucinating. Abusers have been known to see monsters, aliens, demons, and other types of hallucinations.

Some of the acts of abusers: One patient high on the substance repeatedly fired guns out of the house at strangers. Another broke all the windows in a house and then wandered barefoot through the broken glass. A third left her 2-year-old daughter in the middle of a highway because she “had demons.”





Your probably wondering why such a dangerous drug is called “bath salts,” but don’t be fooled, its nothing like Epsom salts often added to bathwater; it's just the most common code name given to a specific type of synthetic drugs made in underground labs and marketed as household items. The drugs have been camouflaged as plant food, stain remover, toilet bowl cleaner and hookah cleaner. They've been sold online and in "head shops," businesses that sell drug paraphernalia. The boxes usually contain a foil wrap or plastic bag of powder, though sometimes they take the form of pills or capsules. The color of the powder ranges from white to yellow to brown and the price sells from $30 to $50. And nearly every box has a label that says “not for human consumption.”

How do people even hear about “bath salts”? Some abusers have been previous abusers of other drugs, and are told that “bath salts” are legal, a great high and wouldn't show up on a drug test.




During testing, doctors began noticing something else that was strange. Compared with other drugs, “bath salts” didn't follow a normal dose-response pattern. With cocaine or methamphetamine, the drug entered the bloodstream, and within hours began to wear off. Not so for bath salts.
“Some patients were in the hospital for 5 days, 10 days, 14 days,” a reporter said. “In some cases, they were under heavy sedation. As you try to taper off the sedation, the paranoia came back and the delusions."




6 comments:

  1. I'm actually really surprised you didn't bring up the zombie. I literally re read the article making sure I hadn't past it up. But it is somewhat cliche when you talk about Bath Salts.

    For those who are unfamiliar, a man in Miami was turned zombie when he ingested Bath Salts. The police found the man chewing the face off a homeless man. When they told him to stop, at gunpoint, the man continued to chew the other man's face. They tazed him and took him into custody.

    This spawned a huge social media following saying that the "end is near" and "the zombies are finally here". It led to some really funny stuff. And if anyone has not seen it, go on YouTube and search Zombie Prank. Black people tend not to play around with zombies...

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  2. Great post! I wasn’t aware of all these drugs; however, it’s very sad how people love to ruined their life. The name of the drugs is danger enough wondering why people still purchasing

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  3. Great Blog Post Vic...... stay away from bath salts........ and thanks for the information victor very informative i didnt even know the man who was eatting the mans face he was on bath salts i didnt even know that. its crazy like my mom and i just had a conversation with my mom the other day like how people especially teens & young adults are experimentinmg with stuff like this and poping pills like mollies and other drugs for people to get a high. Just like in the video they said the numbers are increasing so I guess we have to figure out multiple possible solutions.

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  4. Very interesting post, the drug bath salts are very dangerous and should not be consumed by anyone. The information provided was very helpful in learning more about the drug. It was said that the people who has taken then drug suffered from many different things such as, being paranoid, violent, and hallucinating. Also bath salts are usually marked as household items such as bathroom cleaner. In my opinion people should never use or even try bath salts, you would defiantly regret it.

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  5. Vic great post i recall a lot of news about a year ago about bath salts and so called "zombie appearances". I even remember seing a video of someone face being eaten off by a person who abused bath salts. The effects of this drug is dangerous I have yet to understand why people even attempt to abuse it or why it is still available to the public.

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  6. This is a great post and very interesting post. Like Marcus Kyle metioned above, I thoguht you would have mentioned Zombie incident in Miami, Fl. Everytime I hear peolpe speak of bath salt my attetion is immediately drawn to that conversation. Being that I am from Miami, Fl I tend to find interst in these type of conversations. Also, the video and photos gave great insight on the drug.

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