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NEW DRUG ALERT:   "Bath Salts" can induce extreme paranoia that could cause users to harm themselves and others.
     U.S. poison centers took 117 calls by January 18 of this year regarding toxic products marketed as “bath salts” this year alone, showing that the product is on the verge of becoming a public health threat.  Doctors and clinicians say the products cause increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions. 

   While the label on the little packets of powdered substance is labeled bath salts that are “not for human consumption,” the products are powerful synthetic stimulants are being touted as cocaine substitutes.  They appear to create intense cravings not unlike those methamphetamine users have.  The “bath salts” have been sold on the internet, and in some states at gas stations and head shops with names like “Ivory Wave,” Vanilla Sky,” “Blue Silk,” “Boom,” Cloud Nine,” “Ocean Snow,” and “Red Dove.”   

    The products are believed to contain Methylenedioxpyrovalerone, or MPDV, a chemical that is not approved for medical use in the United States and that has already been banned in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some other countries. 

http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/Portals/0/prrel/BathSalts11811.pdf