New 'bath salts' zombie-drug makes Americans eat each other
Move over, mild hallucinations! The newest narcotic ravaging the US isnt bought on corners or pilfered from pharmacies, but sold legally in stores under an unassuming name. Bath salts are all the rage, but are users becoming flesh-hungry monsters?
In 2010, the American Association of Poison Control Centers received only about 300 reports relating to the usage of bath salts, a man-made substance available across the country that, if consumed, can cause extreme side-effects. By the end of 2011, poison control received an additional 6,000 calls about the drug and now, after a rash of bizarre incidents where the substance was believed to play a role, bath salt abuse is becoming a nation-wide epidemic.
By May 1, 2012, the US Poison Control Centers have seen 1,007 reports already this year related to bath salt abuse nearly four times what they experienced in all of 2010.
Bath salts are still legal in much of the United States, but a string of recent episodes where Americans believed to be under the influence of the narcotic engaged in zombie-like behavior has brought the drug to the forefront of the publics attention.
New 'bath salts' zombie-drug makes Americans eat each other — RT
Well this doesn't sound good at all..