Take A Bath End Up In Prison

[Kristy]

(Newser) – Ivory Wave, Red Dove, Vanilla Sky—the names sound more tranquil than menacing, but authorities are calling them the latest in drugs as dangerous as crystal meth. They're bath salts, and can be bought legally in stores, but they contain mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, which can cause hallucinations, paranoia, rapid heart rates, and suicidal thoughts. Louisiana alone had 125 calls to its poison control center in three months last year, leading the bath salts to be outlawed by emergency order.

Now other states are thinking of following Louisiana's lead, reports the AP. Because bath salts are not designed to be consumed, they are not regulated like food or drugs. But people—mostly meth addicts for now, say the police—can snort, inject, or smoke them, giving them a powerful, but scary high. "I couldn't tell you why I did it," said one man who stabbed himself in the face and stomach while high on the salts. "The psychological effects are still there." "Even though it's a horrible trip, they want to do it again and again," said a poison control doctor.

People say they love to take baths as a means to escape reality but this is a bit extreme. Now with every politician going into severe panic mode in order to get us to believe they are doing something Attorney General Pam Bondi of Florida have gone off the deep end herself by presently issuing a 90-day emergency order making it a third-degree felony to have or sell the salts.

"To date, poison control centers have reported 61 calls about bath salt abuse, but that number could be much higher because hospitals are not required to report it and the salts are unable to be detected during drug tests."

Now bath salts are a "drug?"

[sadaist]

one man who stabbed himself in the face and stomach while high on the salts.


I know what I'm getting my ex-wife for her birthday!

[Nitro Express]

Maybe that crazy dude in Arizona that shot up all those people took a warm bath that morning. The salts made him go ape shit.

[ELVIS]

I know a young guy who was recently rushed to the Hospital after ingesting this crap...

I say let 'em do what they want...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

who is the first freak that thinks "wonder if i can smoke this"?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

doesn't ace work at bed bath and beyond?

[sadaist]

doesn't ace work at bed bath and beyond?

The name of my 5v5 arena team is BloodBath & Beyond. We just kill you straight up & skip the whole bath salt part though.:)

[Nitro Express]

who is the first freak that thinks "wonder if i can smoke this"?

people like this.

[Nitro Express]

I can't wait for the story of some dude that sets himself on fire trying to freebase some bath beads.

[chefcraig]

This garbage has nothing to do with normal bath salts, and is sold in head shops and convenience stores. Florida banned this shit yesterday, making us the second state so far to do so. The first (believe it or not) was ELVIS' home of Louisiana. :elvis:

Florida bans sale of 'bath salts' product

Jan. 27 2011 (UPI) (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/01/27/Florida-bans-sale-of-bath-salts-product/UPI-80391296147115/)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-- The Florida attorney general has banned the sale of a product sold as "bath salts," but used as fake cocaine, officials said.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi banned the sale of the products Wednesday, making Florida the second state to do so, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

Louisiana previously banned the sale of the product, which is sold at gas stations and specialty shops. The product has sent dozens of users to emergency rooms and mental health hospitals in recent months, the report said.

The "bath salts" contain a chemical called MDPV, which is said to produce a high similar to that of cocaine.

Bondi said her emergency order would add products containing MDPV to the schedule of controlled substances, making it a third-degree felony to sell them.

"To put it in perspective, that's right up there with cocaine and heroin," Bondi said in a news conference held at the Capitol in Tallahassee.

Florida's poison control centers have reported 61 calls about abuse of the product. Most of the state's cases came from central and northern Florida, the report said.

"These are mostly people with a pattern of drug abuse," said Wendy Stephan, with Miami's Florida Poison Information Center. "We've even heard of a number of pregnant women who used it."

The Drug Enforcement Administration in December listed MDPV as a drug of concern, but it has no current plans to ban its sale.

[Nitro Express]

Great idea. They should put real cocaine in baking soda boxes and sell it as baking soda. That will really make the kids who eat the birthday cake hyper as hell.

[Blaze]

Sometimes it scares me how much you think like me.

This "bath salts" distribution was a social disruption. The persons behind it had more in mind than getting the rednecks high.
It completely exposes faults supply chain. In addition, it exposed how susceptible the populace is to underground manipulations.

[Blaze]

Plus it gets the "common" unread folks mads at the "wild out of control" goverment.

[Blaze]

Look, Oh my! I am doing that annoying habit of yours of not writing complete thoughts in one post.
Dreadful I say!

[Blaze]

Oh what the hell one more thought.....

Penis!

[Nitro Express]

Looks like Blaze tried some of those bath salts tonight. :smiley-sniffer:

[Seshmeister]

They're bath salts, and can be bought legally in stores, but they contain mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone, which can cause hallucinations, paranoia, rapid heart rates, and suicidal thoughts.

So basically like marriage but cheaper.

[ELVIS]

So, Nitro is afraid of Blaze and Sesh is afraid of the SM...:biggrin:

[chefcraig]

So basically like marriage but cheaper.

Or like reading Blaze's & Nitro's posts.

[Seshmeister]

Sesh is afraid of the SM...:biggrin:

Afraid no. I think I would use the word beleaguered... :D