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As the penalties become more and more severe for illegal drug use, people come up with desperate and often extremely dangerous ways to get high.\u00a0 A surge in emergency room visits across the US has put police and lawmakers in a panic over the newest designer drug on the market, \u201cBath Salt.\u201d\u00a0 This party drug that originated in Europe is a crystalline powder that is sold in\u00a0shiny, colorful packets to anyone with $20 to blow.<\/p>\n
Calls to poison control centers have multiplied tremendously over the past few weeks and despite the warnings from the DEA and health officials, the sales of the product continue to rise.\u00a0 Publicity caused by reports of psychological trauma and violent behavior only seems to increase the popularity of the drug.<\/p>\n
Users find this product in local curb markets, truck stops, and readily available through internet \u201chead shops\u201d throughout the US.\u00a0 Labeled as \u201cNot for human consumption,\u201d this drug is advertised as a bath salt, and has become the new drug of choice for many Americans.\u00a0 Despite efforts to ban this extremely dangerous drug, a lack of Federal regulations makes the production and shipping extremely difficult to control.\u00a0 No arrests have yet been made, yet many law enforcement agencies have begun seizing the drug from shops and sellers.<\/p>\n
\u201cBath Salts\u201d mimic the effects of MDMA (ecstasy) and cocaine, and is often snorted, smoked, injected, or even ingested with water.\u00a0 The active chemical methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) is a stimulant which can produce severe side effects including paranoia, hallucinations, and often violent behavior.\u00a0 Multiple reports have been made from hospitals across the US of people arriving in a delirium after taking the drug, often experiencing seizures or suffering from brutal self inflicted injuries.![\"Bath](\"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Bath-Salt-3-final.jpg\")
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Bath Salt is sold under alluring names such as\u00a0 Ivory Wave, Red Dove, and Vanilla Sky, Scarface, White Dove, Charge +, White Lightning,\u00a0 Hurricane Charlie, and Ocean.\u00a0 Many states throughout the US have enacted emergency bans on the drug after a wave of horrifying emergency room and psych ward admissions directly related to its use.\u00a0 Despite this, the availability of the drug has not been diminished.<\/p>\n
More disturbing is the fact that there is no age restriction for the purchase of this drug.\u00a0 Numerous reports have been made of teenagers under the age of 18 purchasing this drug from gas stations without question.\u00a0 As long as the drug has not been scheduled by the government, no age limit laws can be set in place.<\/p>\n
A large part of the market for this new drug has been filled by active duty soldiers at military bases throughout the US.\u00a0 Drug tests currently used by the US armed forces do not include tests for \u201cBath Salts.\u201d\u00a0 This is an enormous concern, considering the violent psychological shifts that can occur both during and after a user has ingested the chemical.\u00a0 Hospitals have reported multiple cases of people cutting themselves, injuries related to violent outbursts in the home, and even attempted murder and suicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the penalties become more and more severe for illegal drug use, people come up with desperate and often extremely dangerous ways to get high.\u00a0 A surge in emergency room visits across the US has put police and lawmakers in a panic over the newest designer drug on the market, \u201cBath Salt.\u201d\u00a0 This party drug […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-health-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t