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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:22 PM
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Fla. Attorney General outlaws bath salt used as drug
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/with-emergency-order-fla-attorney-general-outlaws-bath-1212132.html

Hoping to fend off a rash of overdoses in Florida during the upcoming spring break, Attorney General Pam Bondi has outlawed a synthetic drug cocktail masquerading as "bath salts" that apparently gives users super-human strength and has similar effects to LSD, heroin and cocaine.

Bondi issued an emergency order Wednesday banning the drug -- Methylenedioxypyrovalerone or MDPV -- after Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen brought the dangerous concoction to her attention Friday.

"I frankly had a nightmare last night that someone was going to overdose on this and we hadn't done anything," she said.

:eyes:



OK, I remember back in the day there were kids who were getting high on Glue and huffing was the rage a few years back. When did we become a nanny state?? Oh yeah it's only OK if you are a Republican.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:29 PM
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1. "similar effects to LSD, heroin and cocaine."
Huh? All three wrapped into one? Hard to imagine that rush.

Damn! That must be some wicked stuff. :rofl:
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:32 PM
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2. And "super-human strength"!
Where can I get some of this shit?
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:34 PM
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4. HULK SMASH PUNY BATHTUB!!
Edited on Thu Jan-27-11 07:34 PM by Codeine
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:33 PM
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3. I read about this stuff yesterday. It's pretty much agreed that it's a crap drug
Lots of experienced drug users said, "Don't take it". That's good enough for me.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:40 PM
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5. Maybe I'm just obtuse, but are they actually bath salts?
Is the drug thing a misuse of a genuine product, or is it something that was never intended to be used in the bath in the first place? :shrug:
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:58 PM
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7. No, I think they are just deceptively labeled
They aren't really bath salts, they're just labeled that way to (I guess) avoid regulation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDVP
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 08:04 PM
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8. here's an example of the product
I read a story about this yesterday, and they mentioned this brand of bath salts specifically: http://www.premiumblendherbal.com/products/BOLIVIAN-BATH.html
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 08:10 PM
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9. Subtle!
Thanks for the links - I'd never heard of this before...
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Puregonzo1188 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 07:47 PM
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6. " similar effects to LSD, heroin and cocaine." Now I haven't done any of those, but
what?
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saras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-27-11 10:10 PM
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10. Crap drug - well documented
Even multiple drug abusers don't like it, especially on repeated use

but that package at premiumblenherbal is friggin' hilarious.

http://www.premiumblendherbal.com/products/BOLIVIAN-BATH.html

doesn't that just make you want to take a nice, relaxing bubble bath?
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