Miami zombie attacker may have been using 'bath salts'

[Doomsday101]

A naked man who chewed off the face of another man in what is being called a zombie-like attack may have been under the influence of "bath salts," a drug referred to as the new LSD, according to reports from CNN affiliates in Miami.

The horrific attack occurred Saturday and was only stopped after a police officer shot the attacker several times, killing him.

Larry Vega witnessed the attack on Miami's MacArthur Causeway. He told CNN affiliate WSVN he saw one naked man chewing off the face of another naked man.

"The guy was like tearing him to pieces with his mouth, so I told him, 'Get off!'" Vega told WSVN. "You know it's like the guy just kept eating the other guy away, like ripping his skin."

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/2...ay-have-been-using-bath-salts/?iref=allsearch

 

[wittenacious]

Well this just sounds like a complete horror show of a drug to now know is out there in the world. "Bath salts" — such an innocuous sounding name for something that can trigger this kind of ultra-extreme abhorrent behavior. From the article:

"It causes them to go completely insane and become very violent and take off their clothes," Augilar told WPLG.

Dr. Paul Adams, an emergency room physician at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, told CNN affiliate WBFS that the drug makes users delirious. They exhibit elevated temperatures and extreme physical strength, Adams said.

“I took care of a 150 pound individual who you would have thought he was 250 pounds,” WBFS quoted Adams as saying. “It took six security officers to restrain the individual.”

Adams said users have been known to use their jaws as weapons, according to WBFS.​

 

[Doomsday101]

Well this just sounds like a complete horror show of a drug to now know is out there in the world. "Bath salts" — such an innocuous sounding name for something that can trigger this kind of ultra-extreme abhorrent behavior. From the article:

"It causes them to go completely insane and become very violent" and take off their clothes, Augilar told WPLG.

Dr. Paul Adams, an emergency room physician at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, told CNN affiliate WBFS that the drug makes users delirious. They exhibit elevated temperatures and extreme physical strength, Adams said.

“I took care of a 150 pound individual who you would have thought he was 250 pounds,” WBFS quoted Adams as saying. “It took six security officers to restrain the individual.”

Adams said users have been known to use their jaws as weapons, according to WBFS.​

I have never heard of anything like this. This is wild, hate to think of an outbreak of this drug.

 

[wittenacious]

I have never heard of anything like this. This is wild, hate to think of an outbreak of this drug.

Could really become a Zombieland of sorts. Have to have the National Guard roaming the streets all hours of the day and night ... curfews, etc. ... if there ever became a significant usage outbreak of this drug.

We'd all have to wear hockey masks and body armor and carry sawed-off shotguns to protect ourselves. Now that's a way of going about our daily lives that I don't want to have to see happen anytime soon.

What will they come up with next? Almost shudder to think about it. Unbelievable!

 

[CashMan]

Do they know if he did this with the intention of getting high? I don't know too many men who take baths.....Not that I go around and ask other men this.

 

[Doomsday101]

Do they know if he did this with the intention of getting high? I don't know too many men who take baths.....Not that I go around and ask other men this.

Bath Salt:

"Ivory Wave," "Purple Wave," Vanilla Sky," and "Bliss" -- all are among the many street names of a so-called designer drug known as “bath salts,” which has sparked thousands of calls to poison centers across the U.S. over the last year.

Citing an “imminent threat to public safety,” the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made illegal the possession and sale of three of the chemicals commonly used to make bath salts -- the synthetic stimulants mephedrone, MDPV, and methylone. The ban, issued in October 2011, is effective for at least a year. During that time, the agency will decide whether a permanent ban is warranted.

WebMD talked about bath salts and other designer drugs with Zane Horowitz, MD, an emergency room physician and medical director of the Oregon Poison Center


http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/bath-salts-drug-dangers

 

[CashMan]

I guess I was thinking something else.

 

[Doomsday101]

I guess I was thinking something else.

I had no clue as to what this was until I looked it up, your question was legit.

 

[Muhast]

I have never heard of anything like this. This is wild, hate to think of an outbreak of this drug.

They used to sell these at Gas Stations. Seriously, they were sold in stores under the guise of "bath salts" and people caught on to what they were really for. Luckily Police and the Government caught on to and they pulled them from stores a year or two ago.

They have a result of being something like LSD and Meth mixed together.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

The whole situation reminds me of the Reavers from Serenity/Firefly.

 

[rocboy22]

wow. just wow. Who knows what really goes on, but it is hard for me to believe that taking any drug would make me eat someone's face off!! just so sickening!!

 

[Muhast]

wow. just wow. Who knows what really goes on, but it is hard for me to believe that taking any drug would make me eat someone's face off!! just so sickening!!

People do crazy things on drugs.

 

[Doomsday101]

People do crazy things on drugs.

Crazy? Yes, eating a mans face off? that one is a new one for me.

Guy did not stop even when confronted by police or when they shot him the 1st time

 

[Muhast]

Crazy? Yes, eating a mans face off? that one is a new one for me.

Guy did not stop even when confronted by police or when they shot him the 1st time

Didn't the doctor say that people on this drug use their teeth as weapons often?

To me this is terrifying, but if you've ever seen somebody on hard drugs before, it is mind boggling how different they will act.

 

[rocboy22]

Didn't the doctor say that people on this drug use their teeth as weapons often?

To me this is terrifying, but if you've ever seen somebody on hard drugs before, it is mind boggling how different they will act.

yea, different from their normal behavior, but eating someone's face?? that, to me, is just so absolutely insane. If this stuff really turns people into zombies, then watch out!!!

 

[arglebargle]

The story is suffering from hyperbolic media disorder. For any drug you want to examine, you can find a tale of extreme behavior or trouble.

I think I will wait to find out more about the facts here.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephedrone

 

[ethiostar]

The whole situation reminds me of the Reavers from Serenity/Firefly.

That's exactly what I was thinking also.

 

[Yeagermeister]

The story is suffering from hyperbolic media disorder. For any drug you want to examine, you can find a tale of extreme behavior or trouble.

I think I will wait to find out more about the facts here.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephedrone

hno: No way that never happens

/sarcasm

 

[Doomsday101]

Didn't the doctor say that people on this drug use their teeth as weapons often?

To me this is terrifying, but if you've ever seen somebody on hard drugs before, it is mind boggling how different they will act.

On this drug yes evidently so but on most drugs I don't know of any where you use your teeth as a weapon to attack people.

 

[Doomsday101]

The story is suffering from hyperbolic media disorder. For any drug you want to examine, you can find a tale of extreme behavior or trouble.

I think I will wait to find out more about the facts here.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephedrone

Mephedrone is only one of the drugs used in "Bath Salt" not the only drug within it's make up.