The bath salts that I am talking about are not epsom salts. They are considered a legal synthetic cocaine type drug sold legally in smoke shops and online. These bath salts have been making the news in many states and emergency rooms in the country. It is Presumed that most bath salts are MDPV, also known as methylenedioxypyrovalerone. The reason they can still be sold legally is they are label on the package that they are not for legal consumption.
How are they ingested?
Bath salts are mostly snorted through the nose like cocaine. Some others have been known to shoot it or mix it with food and drink.
The effects?
"Agitation, paranoia, hallucinations, chest pain, suicidality. It’s a very scary stimulant that is out there. We get high blood pressure and increased pulse, but there’s something more, something different that’s causing these other extreme effects. But right now, there’s no test to pick up this drug. The only way we know if someone has taken them is if they tell you they have.
The clinical presentation is similar to mephedrone [a chemical found in other designer drugs], with agitation, psychosis, and stimulatory effects. Both of these agents should be of concern, as severe agitated behavior, like an amphetamine overdose, has occurred.
A second concern is the ongoing suicidality in these patients, even after the stimulatory effects of the drugs have worn off. At least for MDPV, there have been a few highly publicized suicides a few days after their use," Horowitz says. (Retrieved from, http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/bath-salts-drug-dangers)
Why it needs banned?
This drug is being banned in alot of states already but you still can find it online. Which make it dangerous for people of all ages. The hallucinations effects of this drug are causing some that take it to commit suicide during their high, if that is not scary enough, I don't know what is. I am including some news videos and other videos that I think will be helpful in explaining more about this dangerous drug.
News Report
Makes a person look real smart Ehhhhh?
The sad reality of it all.
Tara Burke, RN
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