Bath Salts Panic Rages on After ‘Zombie’ Attack
Bath salts are an increasing source of media attention in the weeks after an ostensibly healthy and normal man attacked a homeless guy on a Miami street, chewing the other man’s face off and failing to stop even after he was shot by a police officer- and while the drug sounds a bit worrying, the bath salts fervor also seems to have all the hallmarks of a standard-issue drug panic.
Bath salts have been linked to the attack since it became internationally notable, but no one can exactly say why this particular incident and a little-known synthetic drug that for a long time flew under the radar at gas stations and in head shops is somehow the main suspect after the bizarre incident. Police almost immediately cited bath salts as a possible precipitate for the gruesome and unprovoked attack, but no indication of even a tenuous connection outside speculation was made in relation to the incident by authorities.
Still, a lack of solid evidence has not stopped the media from running with the bath salts story. Everyone from small blogs to major news networks is talking about bath salts and their potential effects on users, with the goriest and scariest recollections making headlines and getting airtime on network news stations. While Reuters points out that there isn’t even one single definition for “bath salts,” as the drugs are made by “street chemists,” the bath salts panic rages on.
One “former bath salts addict” named Freddy Sharp appeared on CNN to discuss his experiences as a bath salts user, and Sharp played up the horror aspect of the synthetic drug.
Speaking to the network about his experiences on bath salts, Sharp explained that the drug ”actually scared [him] pretty bad,” and said his bath salts experiences “felt like the darkest, evilest thing imaginable.”
A Miami doctor who spoke to the network said that bath salts pose a larger danger than many other street drugs, due to the fact that they cause hallucinations as well as paranoia, aggression and a strong resistance to pain. Not to underestimate the danger of bath salts, but didn’t they teach us the same thing about marijuana in the DARE program?
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Posted: June 5, 2012
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Jun 5, 2012
THEY NEED TO TSKE IT OFF THE STREET AND BURN IT , THIS IS NASTY HOW PEOPLE ARE EATING OTHER PEOPLE.
Jun 5, 2012
How long has the authutity known about the fact that this bath salt is being used I'm the wromg way?
Jun 5, 2012
His reference to marijuana is crazy, nobody chewed off a face after smoking marijuana! NOT a good comparison.
Jun 5, 2012
Bath salts have been around for more than 2 years – Dateline even did a story about it. They chemical compound known as bath salts has been outlawed by many States including, most recently, Colorado. Bath salts are synthetic methamphetamine and do cause users to hallucinate, get paranoid and even tr5y to commit suicide. While it is disturbing, at least now because of this incident the nation can learn about this new drug instead of it just being a dirty little secret of small towns.
Jun 5, 2012
Bath salts have been around for more than 2 years – Dateline even did a story about it. They chemical compound known as bath salts has been outlawed by many States including, most recently, Colorado. Bath salts are synthetic methamphetamine and do cause users to hallucinate, get paranoid and even tr5y to commit suicide. While it is disturbing, at least now because of this incident the nation can learn about this new drug instead of it just being a dirty little secret of small towns.
Jun 6, 2012
Most of the stuff you were told about marijuana was false, based on ridiculous propaganda from the 50s. That was a stupid reference.
Jun 6, 2012
They may have said the same thing about marijuana but this danger itself is a lot more tangible than t.h.c. He may not have been driven to eat this guy from the bath salts but it would not surprise me in the least if they at least influenced it. Especially if he was shot and ignored it, drugged up or not, that's intense.
Jun 6, 2012
no amount of marijuana will make you want to eat a person, next they going to compare murder to jaywalking.
Jun 6, 2012
Looks like we have another one here folks… http://www.americanlivewire.com/another-bath-salts-induced-attack-attacker-bites-a-chunk-off-the-victims-face-in-louisiana/
Jun 7, 2012
Not all true i smoke mad weed and want to eat girls isnt that kinda the same
Jun 7, 2012
you are out of control
Jun 7, 2012
Sonny!
Jun 7, 2012
????
Jun 8, 2012
that was the point…do you get it now…or r u still clueless?
Jun 8, 2012
susan….have you been smokin' somethin'???? bath "salt", or whatever….check your post before you hit that enter button…sorry if I'm wromg!
Jun 12, 2012
She obviously didn't even read the article. You can always tell when people jump right to the commenting without fully reading the article. That would have been too much effort to READ an entire ARTICLE… when one can just jump to their own assumptions and start commenting!
Jun 14, 2012
Your clueless Dave. If that is the indication, this person needs to learn to write correctly. Or maybe the majority of people who agree and go on to make the same comments are high also.
Jun 14, 2012
Lmao
Aug 7, 2012
Speaking of "writing correctly" your comment should begin with "You're" as in you are, not "your" clueless, so guess what…here's YOUR sign dingbat.