Bath Salts

What are Bath Salts? Bath salts are synthetic cathinones. They are a manmade substance.

Similar drugs Cocaine Methamphetamine Ecstasy (MDMA) Bath salts even look similar to cocaine, and are sometimes replaced for cocaine on the street.

Street names for Bath Salt Bloom Cloud Nine Vanilla Sky White Lightning Scarface Zombie Flakka

Street names Continue. Bubble Love Bliss Red dove Charge + Blue diamond White rush Ivory Snow Leopard Bliss Charge + Plant Food Mad Cow Recharge Dragon Blow

More Street Names Shake n Vac Bounce Ocean Snow Whack Gloom Purple Rain Crush

So many names Mint Mania Fly Special Gold Euphoria Zoom Dusted Purple Wave Hurricane Charlie Blue Silk Star dust White Knight Ocean Burst Pure Ivory

How Bath Salts Work Bath salts work a lot like cocaine or meth by raising the level of the neurotransmitter dopamine that regulates the reward and movement part of the brain. This increases dopamine levels which leads to euphoria and energy, raises the users blood pressure, and the heart rate.

Effects of Bath Salts Rapid heart rate Increased blood pressure Panic attacks alertness anxiety Loss of appetite .

Effect of Bath Salts P. 2 Chest pain Increase in risk of heart attacks and strokes Seizures Blurred vision Nausea and abdominal pain Aggression Depression headaches Increased body temperature nosebleeds Dilated pupils Dizziness and confusion

Effects of Bath Salt p. 3 Psychosis Ulcers Loss of coordination Malnutrition Increased energy Enhanced empathy Increased libido Suicidal Thoughts

How they sidestep the law Dealers sidestep the law by labeling it “Not for human Consumption” Other labels are: plant food Jewelry cleaner Phone screen cleaner Then they ‘educate’ people on how to use it and don tell them the side effects.

Ways Bath Salts are taken Smoked Injected Snorted Swallowed

Why are they dangerous? There are almost no studies on the effects of bath salts Because there are so little knowledge on it, new users don’t really know what they are getting into when they start using bath salts. A scary side effect is death which is common.

Stories about bath salts A woman trashed a hotel room, police responded to the call. When they get there to see her sitting on the bed with the walls damaged, she said that she needed to protect herself from the evil spirits. A man killed his neighbor’s goat, dressed in a bra and panties, at 3:15 am.

Stories Continued Maimi police had to kill a homeless man after he ate the face of another man down to the bones of his face. Carey Shane Padgett allegedly beats his friend to death after he ingested both bath salts and spice.

Bath Salts Stories A woman was watching T.V. when her 48 year old daughter bursts into her room and starts swinging a machete at her and says “You ain’t dead yet?” A Former, Freddy Sharp, users describes his experience on bath salts as “ It felt so evil. It felt like the darkest, evilest thing imaginable.” later he said that he was possessed by Jason from Friday the 13th.

Continued Seth Sanders jumped out of his car and began running down route 22 at 1 am because he thought his car was melting and the electricity was following him to flee he broke into a house only to be chased out then broke into a garage and then jumping on the hoods of two cars.

Seeking help for Bath Salts cognitive- behavioral therapy- changing unhelpful patterns in cognition, beliefs and attitudes. contingency management- uses stimulus control and positive reinforcements and rewarded. motivational incentives- uses positive reinforcements to rewire the brain

Work Citied 1. Dryden-Edwards, MD Roxanne. “Bath Salts: Facts on the Effects of This Drug.” MedicineNet. N.p., Fall 2015. Web. 08 Apr. 2017. 2.“Bath Salts: A Short History.” Drug Free World Foundation, 2016. Web. 8 Apr. 2017. 3. Abuse, National Institute on Drug. "Synthetic Cathinones ("Bath Salts")." NIDA. N.p., Fall 2016. Web. 09 Apr. 2017.