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Incidents involving the drug bath salts
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Incidents involving the drug bath salts are events in which users of bath salts have engaged in public acts of violence or other criminal acts. The media has widely mis-reported speculation of bath salts being the cause of incidents have later been shown to have no connection to bath salts, with stories bearing "[a]ll the hallmarks of poorly reported trend pieces...: attributing remarks to nameless 'authorities,' reporting on 'might have beens' as if they are definite fact."[1]
On 26 May 2012 the attacker in the Wikipedia:Miami cannibal attack was widely reported to be under the influence of bath salts, leading to widespread media interest in the substance.[2] Soon after the attack, police officers said he exhibited "classic signs of someone high on the drug".[2] Later toxicology reports could not find any of the common components of bath salts and only traces of marijuana were found.[2]
Incidents[edit]
On 6 July 2012, a thirty-one-year-old woman was reported to have used bath salts in a hospital after giving birth.[3] Police report that after smoking the synthetic drug, Murphy stripped off her clothes in the bathroom and rolled around on the floor, unable to recall her own name.[3] Murphy assaulted a nurse and a police officer while they tried to control her`.[3] Murphy was escorted to the Blair Country Prison and was charged with a number of offences, including aggravated assault (WP), Wikipedia:disorderly conduct, and felony possession of a designer drug.[3]
On 2 June 2012, a homeless man,[4] who had taken a brand of bath salts called Cloud 9, walked into a Wikipedia:restaurant and began yelling obscenities at two North Miami police officers.[5] [6][7] Deleon was Wikipedia:arrested and later allegedly banged his head on the Wikipedia:prison cell bars, growled and tried to bite the hand off one of the police officers.[6][5][7] In court, DeLeon advised the Wikipedia:judge he could not remember the incident.[6][5][7]
On 11 November 2011, a twenty-one-year-old used a brand of bath salts called Cloud 9 and experienced Wikipedia:stimulant psychosis and eventually committed suicide (WP) with a Wikipedia:rifle.[8] Sanders' parents, both Wikipedia:physicians, petitioned the government of Wikipedia:Louisiana.[8] On 6 January 2012, Governor Wikipedia:Bobby Jindal announced that the Wikipedia:Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, using its statutory powers, had approved an emergency rule outlawing six chemicals found in bath salts, making them Schedule I drugs, with penalties including Wikipedia:incarceration for distribution, manufacturing and possession.[8]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Anatomy of a false alarm, Chicago Tribune
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Adam Gabbatt (2012-06-27). "Miami face-chewing attack: no bath salts found in Rudy Eugene's system". Wikipedia:The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/27/florida-miami-face-chewing-bath-salts. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Carla Murphy attack report
- ↑ Brandon DeLeon arrest Report
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Miami police warn of new drug after grisly attack
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bath Salt Cannibals Keep Coming Out Of The Woodwork
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Brandon DeLeon, High On Cloud 9 Bath Salts And Four Loko, Tries To Bite Police: Report (VIDEO)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Warren, Bob, Wikipedia:The Times Picayune (16 January 2011). "Snorting bath salts pushed St. Tammany man to suicide". nola.com (New Orleans Net). http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/01/snorting_bath_salts_pushed_st.html. </li> </ol>
