"Bath salts": discovering the terrible cannibal drug
Bath salts: the cannibal drug spreads in the West and with it its terrible effects on users.
When in 2012, 31-year-old Rudy Eugene was gunned down for ripping up the streets of Miami naked, attacking a homeless man and ripping 75% of his face off, a drug caught the attention of the American media because of the terrible nature of the crime.
The news brought to light a hallucinogen known as "bath salts" that has come to be called a cannibal drug. Although often described as the "new LSD," bath salts do not, in fact, have much in common with the hallucinogen that became popular in the 1960s. Both drugs are synthetic drugs, but the similarities do not refer to the main effects of the drug.
The active component of the cannibal drug
While the main LSD effect it is create hallucinations and visual distortions in the perception of time and spaceDepending on the dose used, "bath salts" are in fact a chemical similar to amphetamine, containing methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), mephedrone, and pyrovalerone.
This change in its composition, of course, makes its fit in the human nervous system have different consequences, since the The repercussions it has on the way in which our neurons capture and emit neurotransmitters are different, just as it happens when it is they supply psychotropic drugs legal.
The effects of bath salts
Bath salts can be smoked, snorted, or injected. Hallucinations can be a side effect, but the main effects are similar to those of other stimulants, such as cocaine, crystal, or methamphetamine. The main psychoactive effects include a increased alertness, euphoria, agitation, high blood pressure, and increased heart rate.
Consumers agree, describing colossal strength, pain inhibition, and extreme internal heat that causes them to strip. But those are only the least harmful effects, since severe effects such as aggressiveness, paranoia, psychosis, have been reported on many occasions. depression, suicidal thoughts and even death. Hence, several people have turned this substance into something known as a "cannibal drug": its use causes it to lose seen a stable vision of reality, and confusion, added to the aggressiveness induced from the effects of the substance in areas of limbic system, can lead to brutal assaults.
Although this substance is known as bath salts, it has nothing in common with those that people use to relax in the bathtub. In the drug market, bath salts are also known by other names such as red pigeon, purple, moon wave, pure ivory, cannibal dope, ivory wave, vanilla sky, blessing or lightning White.
A drug that spreads because of several factors
The cannibal drug is relatively cheap and can be found on the market for $ 20 (15 euros). Bath salts have been linked to an alarming increase in the number of visits to emergency rooms across the United States.
Patients with the syndrome known as "excited delirium" after consuming bath salts may also suffer from dehydration, deterioration of muscle tissue and renal insufficiency. But the most alarming is the extreme aggressiveness presented by consumers, which has been compared to cannibalistic acts due to its brutality.
The first results indicate that this synthetic substance has a high potential for abuse and addiction. Consumers of bath salts have reported that the drug triggers intense cravings (or a compulsive need to use the drug again) and that it is highly addictive. Frequent use can result in tolerance, dependence, and strong withdrawal symptoms if the cannibal drug is suddenly stopped.