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Bath Salts

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What is it?

Synthetic stimulants sold online, convenience stores and “head shops” under various brand names. Resemble Epsom salts and labeled “Not for human consumption. Erroneously sold as bath salts, plant food and research chemicals.

Street 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 Lightning

How is it used?

Sniffing/snorting, orally, smoked, or put into a solution and injected.

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Needle

Needle

How does it affect the body?

  • Feelings of alertness and euphoria
  • Confusion; acute psychosis; agitation; combativeness; aggressive, violent, and self-destructive behavior
  • Paranoia, hallucinations, and delusions
  • Rapid heart rate that may lead to stroke or heart attack
  • Hypertension, hyperthermia, breakdown of muscle fibers
  • Sweating, teeth grinding, headaches, palpitations, seizures
  • Death

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