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DANGER: The "Bath Salt" Drug Epidemic
Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
What you should know about the drug "Bath Salts"
By John B.
Throughout the United States, health professionals, law enforcement
officers, and drug/alcohol rehab facilities are dealing with an unusual rise in
the number of reported cases dealing with a relatively new drug known as
"Bath Salts". They are synthetic stimulants that have no real value as a bath
salt or other bath products -- first emerging in the United States two years ago,
according to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
The two primary compounds found in "Bath Salts" are mephedrone
and methylenedioxyproverlone, referred to as (MDPV).
Last year, the DEA published reports on both compounds, noting that each was "related in chemical structure" to illegal hallucinogenic substances like ecstasy and meth. Mephedrone, first synthesized and reported in a French journal in 1929, did not appear on the designer drug market until 2003, when an underground chemist named "Kinetic" rediscovered and published the formula on the website The Hive (the site shut down in 2004). It has been banned in
numerous places, including Israel and Europe.
MDPV has been sold as a "research chemical" since 2008 and has been
banned in Germany, Australia, Finland, and Israel. Currently, neither
compound is federally controlled in the US, which makes "Bath Salts"
containing both substances legal to buy, sell and possess. Fifteen states have
already banned the substances.
The packets of "Bath Salts" contain small amounts of crystalline
powder. The drug is typically administered by smoking, snorting, eating in
pill form, injected, and even mixed with water as a beverage. They are often
labeled with warnings like "Novelty Only" and "Not For Human
Consumption" in an effort to avoid federal narcotics laws.
US distributors sell the drug online, through traditional distribution methods, or by retail distribution at convenience stores, gas stations, and head shops (retail stores specializing in drug paraphernalia).
"Bath Salts" are also often sold in dance clubs and at underground parties known as "raves".
Packets of "Bath Salts" are branded with a variety of names such as "Aura", "Ivory Wave", "Russian River", "Xtreme", "Goodfellas", "Cloud 9",
"Vanilla Sky", and "White Lightning". They typically sell for approximately
$40 to $100 per gram, and each packet contains approximately one quarter to
one gram. A gram consists of approximately eight to 40 doses.
There are widespread and dangerous adverse effects from using "Bath
Salts" - ranging from paranoia, seizures, agitation, increased heart rate and
blood pressure, chest pain, dizziness, vomiting, and profuse sweating. The
abuse of "Bath Salts" has been linked to psychotic episodes, delusions, and
panic attacks. In some cases of serious abuse - death, suicide, homicide, self inflicted wounds and child endangerment have been reported.
Mark Ryan, Director of the Louisiana Poison Center, emphasizes the
serious nature of this new drug. "If you take the very worst of some of the
other drugs -- LSD and Ecstasy with their hallucinogenic-delusional type
properties, PCP with extreme agitation, superhuman strength and
combativeness, as well as the stimulant properties of cocaine and meth -- if
you take all of those and put them all together this is what you get. It's ugly."
In 2010, there were 303 calls about "Bath Salts", according to the
American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data
System (NPDS). As of July 1, 2011, poison centers reported 3,740 calls. This
shows the trend of how popular this drug has become, and the dangers
associated with its increased popularity.
Rehab centers nationwide have also seen the surge in phone calls to their facilities. Gene Rowell, Executive Director of the Owl's Nest Recovery Community in Florence, SC, recognizes the urgency in addressing this growing national problem. "Of those whom we
have treated at the Owl's Nest Recovery Community, we know this growing
epidemic is treatable. However, because of the extreme harm this drug can
cause, once abuse is established, treatment must be immediate, intensive, and
thorough."
Copyright M-38 2011 http://www.owlsnestrecovery.com
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