BATH SALTS by Dan Grieves
What looks to be just an invigorateing product that you apply to a warm bath has been taking the drug world by storm! These so called bath salts can be bought very easly ( Online or in your local head shop) the cost being around 35.00 US dollars. And is advertised to be put in you bath and even says NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION but that is exactly what kids are doing with it. Crushing and snortig the drug, smoking or even injecting the drug..
WHAT IS IT-A synthetic, stimulant powder product that contains amphetamine-like chemicals, including mephedrone, which may have a high risk for overdose. Because the drug is new and some of the contents unknown, using it in any way is highly dangerous.10 Right now, bath salts are illegal in a growing number of U.S. states, as well as foreign countries like Canada, Australia and Great Britain.
LONG TERM EFFECTS-Bath salts are a relatively new drug, so it's hard to know the full long-term effects, but they seem to have many similarities to methamphetamine (meth). Taking a lot of it for a long time can lead to emotional and physical "crash-like" feelings of depression, anxiety and intense cravings for more of the drug.
Poison centers in the U.S. have received 3,470 calls about bath salts in the first six months of this year - up from 303 for the whole of 2010.
