Abuse of PCP-like Street drug bath salts (legal in 25 states) on the rise

**Jenna** · 07-17-11, 02:35 PM

Doctors say users have symptoms similar to PCP use with elevated temperatures, raised blood pressure and elevated heart rates. Users also exhibit extreme psychotic behavior and fail to respond to even the strongest doses of sedatives.
Although it has been banned in Britain and 25 states, the substance, sold in 50-milligram packets under various trade names, is still widely available over the Internet and from shops that sell drug paraphernalia.

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**lewisipso** · 07-18-11, 12:58 AM

I'm wondering if this is what I did not run into tonight.

**Pudge** · 07-18-11, 01:05 AM

Originally Posted by lewisipso

I'm wondering if this is what I did not run into tonight.

Let me tell ya, Lew. Usually trends that come to us come gradually, then increase. I'd heard of it first from the site and expected the same.

When it was here, it was HERE and right now. In the past few months I've dealt with it more than I have meth or any other hard drug in the past few years. In fact, we JUST got a BOLO about 5 minutes ago about a suicidal male with a loaded handgun that has been snorting bath salts for the last few weeks. He's in the next county over, but definitely possible that he finds his way over here.