Bath salts is the newest designer drug to hit our country and it is quickly becoming popular among recreational drug users. The drug consists of synthetic chemicals like mephedrone and MDPV, although each batch is different.
There has been a lot of talk lately about the new drug, bath salts, and while the concoction is illegal in many states, some areas of the country are still unaware of the dangers of this drug. The use of this drug is spreading like wildfire, however, and states that haven’t seen its abuse soon will.
The unpredictability, along with the fact that it is labeled “not for human consumption”, makes it very hard to track and regulate. “synthetic drug makers will keep creating new combinations at home and in illicit labs,” Zane Horowitz, MD, medical director of the Oregon Poison Center says.
“It’s almost impossible to keep up. And the motivation for buying them is always the same: Drugs like these are new and below the radar, unlike named illegal drugs.
Bath salts is a serious drug. It causes agitation, extreme paranoia, hallucinations, and suicidal thoughts. High blood pressure and increased temperature are also common. One report tells of a man with a temperature of 107.5 degrees Fahrenheit after taking bath salts. “Some of these folks aren’t right for a long time,” said Karen E. Simone, director of the Northern New England Poison Center. “If you gave me a list of drugs that I wouldn’t want to touch, this would be at the top.
But the problem is that not everyone experiences such drastic effects. “One person could take it and have a great time and the next person takes it and has a horror story, police Chief John DeLeo, of Ellsworth, Maine, said. Mark Ryan, the director of the Louisiana Poison Center, said, “if you take the worst attributes of meth, coke, PCP, LSD and ecstasy and put them together, that’s what we’re seeing sometimes.
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