‘Bath Salts’ the Zombie Drug
‘bath salts’ the zombie drug – The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse has issued an alert about “bath salts”, a new synthetic drug that is illegal in some countries and in parts of the US, but still legal in Canada. The drug, which can be injected, snorted, smoked and swallowed, has moved across the border from Maine into New Brunswick and appears to be taking hold in the Maritimes. Dr. Nancy Murphy, a medical director at the IWK Regional Poison Centre in Halifax said she saw firsthand what the psychoactive drug can do when a patient came into a local emergency room in March. “An aggressive behaviour and a deep-seated paranoia, and sometimes the violent behaviour can be inflicted upon others, or even on themselves,” she told CTV Atlantic. There is speculation a man who committed a zombie-like cannibal attack on a homeless man in Miami last week may have been under the influence of ‘bath salts’. The heightened mental effect sets this synthetic drug apart from ecstasy and cocaine, and the main compound in bath salts, Methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDPV, has a similar structure to amphetamines. It is not listed in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act so it remains legal in Canada. Police were surprised when bath salts appeared in the Saint John, NB area last fall. “Those pills were sent away to Health Canada for analysis, and surprisingly they came not as ecstasy, but the main ingredient found in bath salts,” said Detective Sgt. Craig MacDougall of the Rothesay Regional Police.
NASCAR suspends Allmendinger indefinitely
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AP source: Miami trading Hanley Ramirez to Dodgers · AP source: … NASCAR indefinitely suspended driver A.J. Allmendinger on Tuesday after confirming he violated its substance-abuse policy, putting his career and future with Penske Racing in jeopardy.
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Pastor Geronimo Aguilar Believes Drug-Induced Attacks, Like That of the Miami …
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Fraternal Order of the Police President Armando Aguilar said four other drug use instances in the Miami-Dade area bear similar markings to Eugene's attack on the man, whose name has not been released. Armando Aguilar said bath salt users "go …
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