"Bath Salts" Leads to Cannibalism

     The term “bath salts” has nothing to do with a bath, but the drug was used to be sold with such disguise parenting to be an actual bath salt. The appearance of this drug it is of disperses white or brown crystalline solids. It is consume in different ways, such as: inhaled, orally ingested or injected. Some cathinones found in this drug are methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), mephedrone and methylone. According to NIDA “synthetic cathinones in bath salts can produce euphoria and increased sociability and sex drive, but some users experience paranoia, agitation, and hallucinatory delirium; some even display psychotic and violent behavior, and deaths have been reported in several instances.”

     There was case where a man ate a homeless face while being on the effects of this drug. This even received a name as “Miami ‘zombie’ attack.” The man did not stop eating its “prey” even when the police came. Therefore, he was shot to dead, but he did not feel the pain, it was inhuman. Perhaps, this was caused by the hallucinatory effects this drug provides.

    I have never heard of this drug before. The first time I heard about it was from a lecture about harmful drugs in a pastoral center. They mentioned a similar case, but it was about a man who ate his roommate’s heart. Therefore, at that moment and even now it appears to be the scariest drug to me. However, it does that to everyone it consumes it, but its effects might to do so.

Reference:

Dan The Man. (2013, April 28). Bath Salts 'Zombie' Drug This video contains graphic images. Retrieved April 2015, from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdxH-pJf5Q&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsTdxH-pJf5Q&has_verified=1

National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2013, November 2012). DrugFacts: Synthetic Cathinones (“Bath Salts”). Retrieved April 2015, from NIDA: http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/synthetic-cathinones-bath-salts

Simon, M. (2012, May 30). Security video shows entire Miami 'zombie' attack. Retrieved from CNN: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/30/security-video-shows-entire-miami-zombie-attack/