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 What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug 
#16518550 - 07/12/12 09:40 AM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/25/f-faq-bath-salts.html
What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug
By Matthew Black, CBC News Posted: Jun 25, 2012 5:39 PM ET Last Updated: Jun 25, 2012 7:05 PM ET
Earlier this month, the federal government decided to crack down on a new designer street-drug called bath salts, which most Canadians had probably never heard of.
With an innocuous name like "bath salts" how bad could it be?
Here's a backgrounder on Canada's latest illegal substance.
What are Bath Salts?
Bath salts are a powdered drug that contains at least one amphetamine-type substance.
Typically that is methylenedioxypyrovalerone, known as MDPV. But it can also be either methylone or mephedrone.
A vial of the street drug bath salts is shown at a news conference in Ottawa in June 2012. (Adrian Wyld)
Like any designer drug, the exact composition of each batch can vary widely and in this case the drug can be smoked, snorted or injected.
What are the effects?
MDPV speeds up the central nervous system and produces a number of powerful effects typical of amphetamines.
These can include hallucinations, paranoia and violent behaviour. Other side-effects can include an increased risk of a heart attack, kidney failure, liver failure and suicide.
Media reports have cited users who have a markedly increased tolerance for pain.
In an email to CBC News, Health Canada's Gary Holub wrote that "MDPV use has also been associated with severe panic attacks and anxiety, as well as hallucinations and psychosis."
One user from Nova Scotia described his experience on the drug to CBC News: It "felt like I wanted to kill me or kill somebody else. Horrible feeling of sketchiness, constantly looking over your shoulder or peeking out around your curtains or windows, hiding under the blankets."
How addictive is MDPV?
Dr. Heidi-Marie Farinholt of Aberdeen Hospital in Nova Scotia told CBC News that this concoction is one of the most addictive drugs out there.
"It is extremely dangerous. So you take cocaine and multiply it by a factor of 10 and you have this," she said.
Why are they called "bath salts?"
While the exact origins of the name remain unclear, the euphemistic name is likely intended to make the drug sound innocuous and easier to distribute.
The name may also come from the resemblance the white crystals share with legal bath products, such as Epsom salts.
Other street names for the drug include ivory wave, vanilla sky, monkey dust and hurricane Charley.
What is the government doing to deal with the drug?
Effective in the fall, MDPV will be categorized as a schedule I substance under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, placing it in the same category as heroin and cocaine.
Methylone and mephedrone, both used as an alternative to MDPV in bath salts, are already illegal.
Where are bath salts found in Canada?
The drug is most common in Atlantic Canada but concern about the drug by law enforcement officials is growing across the country, according to Barry MacKnight, vice-president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Fredericton police chief.
Incidents of bath salt-related violence were reported recently in Calgary and Toronto.
The drug is typically sold on the streets, but can sometimes be obtained over the internet or in head shops, according to media reports.
How hard is the drug to detect?
Like most synthetic drugs, MDPV can't be detected by drug-sniffing dogs or in urine samples.
Distributors further frustrate law enforcement by labelling it as a common everyday substance such as plant food or insect repellent
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Synth Ethics
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: Synth Ethics]
#16518554 - 07/12/12 09:42 AM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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so nothing new here exept the upcoming ban.
I tought it was propaganda/bullshit free even if the effect are maybe a bit exagerated.
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: Synth Ethics]
#16519744 - 07/12/12 02:43 PM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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Did this guy even research anything before writing this? Only naming 3 different drugs that can be in bath salts seems like an awefully short list. Also under the question Why are they called bath salts they answered that they don't know. It was just a simple way to market it to make it appear like it's not being made for human consumption like calling k2 incense. Plus idk how it is in canada but I don't know of a lot of bath salts being sold on the streets.
I've met some morons who honestly thought people where buying regular bath salts from regular stores like walmart and hot tub stores and getting high off those. I guess I'd rather people stay ignorant to most of these things but damn they call drug users stupid and the rest of society can't wrap there heads around simple shit like this. How do they expect to ever stop something they can't understand.
Not a bad article I guess I'm just really critical. The general public could use some relatively unbias information on this topic I've certainly seen worst.
Edited by Mycjunky (07/12/12 02:57 PM)
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: Mycjunky] 1
#16520782 - 07/12/12 05:38 PM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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And not one mention of cannibals or cannibalism....
I'm impressed!
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: SCleROTiUM_LICK]
#16521322 - 07/12/12 07:29 PM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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Newest "illegal" drug.
Durr.
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: PP128]
#16521444 - 07/12/12 08:02 PM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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Quote:
PP128 said:
Newest "illegal" drug.
Durr.
MDPV will very soon be illegal so yes that is the newest illegal drug.
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: Synth Ethics] 1
#16522833 - 07/13/12 12:19 AM (10 months, 30 days ago) |
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Quote:
Why are they called "bath salts?"
While the exact origins of the name remain unclear, the euphemistic name is likely intended to make the drug sound innocuous and easier to distribute.
The name may also come from the resemblance the white crystals share with legal bath products, such as Epsom salts.
Or maybe it's a salt compound that was first produced in some crackhead's bathtub.
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Re: What are 'bath salts'? A look at Canada's newest illegal drug [Re: Feeling_of_Sound]
#16523759 - 07/13/12 03:54 AM (10 months, 29 days ago) |
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My Great Dead cousin was a entrepreneur of BathTub Gin, and I am a entrepreneur of bathtub Ecstacey!!! .
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