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Labeling/ Categorizing Bath Salts Designer Drug (Designer Cathinones) Synthetic Cathinones class of drugs Stimulant Synthetic (human-made) https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/40127/exploring-six-emerging-drugs-of-abuse/ Illegal - based on the “Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act”.

Street/Slang Names Bliss, Blue Silk, Cloud Nine, Drone, Energy-1, Ivory Wave, Lunar Wave, Meow Meow, Ocean Burst, Pure Ivory, Purple Wave, Red Dove, Snow Leopard, Stardust, Vanilla Sky, White Dove, White Knight, White Lightening, Flakka, Bloom, Scarface

Ways to use Swallow Snort Smoke Inject http://factfile.org/10-facts-about-bath-salts

Short and Long Term Effects Short Term Effects: break down in the skeletal muscle tissue, kidney failure and other serious dangers such as death. Long Term Effects: Increased in heart rate, blood pressure, increase in sociability and sex drive, violent behavior, nosebleeds, sweating, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and cloudy thinking.

Impact on the Community + Unique info Synthetic cathinones are included in a group of drugs that concern public health officials called new psychoactive substance. Marketed as cheap substitutes for other stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine. They called it “Bath Salts” instead of synthetic cathinones to evade detection from authorities http://gawker.com/whats-flakka-and-is-it-real-a-guide-to-the-new-moral-p-1696745766

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