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What Are Bath Salts and Why Do They Make People Go Crazy?
A West Virginia man raped and killed his neighbor’s pygmy goat. A Louisiana man gnawed off a chunk of his neighbor’s face during a fight. A Biloxi burglar stabbed a sleeping man along his neck at 5 am and then begged for permission to stitch up the wound.
The unusual acts had one thing in common: the people who committed them were allegedly under the influence of a cocktail of synthetic amphetamines and hallucinogens, commonly known as “bath salts.”
The designer drug caught national attention after Rudy Eugene mauled a homeless man and ate half his face. Though no police source has confirmed that the man who has become known as the “Miami Zombie” took bath salts, speculation that he did has fueled interest in the drug, catapulting it to the top of web searches for days after the attack.
Jeffrey Scott, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Agency, told Fox News Latino that while it had not been confirmed that Eugene used bath salts, his behavior was consistent with cases of violence reported by others who have overdosed on the drug.
RANDO
June 20th, 2012
Just to be on the safe side, from now on, I am only taking showers.
RANDO
June 20th, 2012
Just to be on the safe side, from now on I am only taking showers.
Hannah
June 20th, 2012
Let’s just face the fact that the zombie apocolypse has begun and start preparing.
John F.
June 20th, 2012
I can sympathize. It always makes me a little crazy to have to go into Bed, Bath & Beyond.
reddecaesari
June 20th, 2012
remember jason russell, director of that Kony 2012 campaign? iotw covered it where he was filmed naked and ranting on the streets of pacific beach?
there has been zero media follow up on this guy.
convinced he was using bath salts….
Weldor
June 20th, 2012
Nothing a dose of 10MM ballistic therapy won’t cure.
Poonces
June 20th, 2012
Can I suggest a menu choice for these folks? If only.
Nunya
June 20th, 2012
Calgon take him? me? someone awaaaaaaaayyyy…
Whom
June 20th, 2012
Fox News “Latino”? Why?
Kevin R.
June 20th, 2012
Finally, someone explains what “bath salts” means. I’ve seen that term lately and thought it must be a reference to drugs but I was scratching my head over it.
DJR
June 20th, 2012
Bath salts cause one to vote for a socialist Kenyan 4 years ago……..
Groucho Marxist
June 20th, 2012
Calgon take me away
MaryfromMarin
June 20th, 2012
What if they were all just human guinea pigs for a new, experimental drug? Developed at the request of___________(go ahead and fill in the blank).
A quick and easy way of population control, if used widely. And no budget line item for meals! Think of the tax money saved.
Carlsonal
June 20th, 2012
So… They aren’t actually bath salts, like people put in baths. Well, I’m not gonna feel bad about my cunfusion on the matter. I do feel older though. And I’m not old!
General Ripper
June 21st, 2012
John F – damn straight. They should rename that chain “Bloodbath & Beyond”
SF Bath Salts
June 21st, 2012
It’s important to clarify that you cannot get high on actual bath salts from reputable bath & body companies such as San Francisco Bath Salt Company. The harmful “bath salts” you keep hearing about on the news are not bath salts at at, they are drugs made of dangerous chemicals being sold under the name ‘bath salts’. San Francisco Bath Salt Company offers true bath salts made using natural sea salts that provide many benefits for your body.