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Crystalline bath salts. Bath salts (also called psychoactive bath salts, PABS [1] [2]) are a group of recreational designer drugs. [3] [4] The name derives from instances in which the drugs were disguised as bath salts. [5] [6] [7] The white powder, granules, or crystals often resemble Epsom salts, but differ chemically.
α-PVP is sometimes the active ingredient in recreational drugs sold as "bath salts". [27] It may also be distinguished from "bath salts" and sold under a different name: "flakka," a name used in Florida, or "gravel" in other parts of the U.S. It is reportedly available as cheaply as US$5 per dose. [34]
Pentedrone (also known as α-methylaminovalerophenone) is a stimulant of the cathinone class that has been sold as a designer drug and has been found since 2010 as an ingredient in a number of "bath salt" mixes sold as legal highs.
In May 2011, the CDC reported a hospital emergency department (ED) visit after the use of "bath salts" in Michigan. One person was reported dead on arrival at the ED. Associates of the dead person reported that he had used bath salts. His toxicology results revealed high levels of MDPV in addition to marijuana and prescription drugs.
Dibutylone (bk-DMBDB [2]) is a stimulant drug of the amphetamine, phenethylamine, cathinone, and phenylisobutylamine families. It is structurally related to butylone, a designer drug that has been detected in products marketed as bath salts or plant food.
Bath salts is the name of the parent structure for designer drugs containing synthetic cathinones, which have effects similar to amphetamine and cocaine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The white crystals resemble legal bathing products like epsom salts . [ 1 ]
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Pamela's Law is legislation that was passed in 2011 by the New Jersey Legislature and signed by Governor Chris Christie that bans the sale or possession of methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV, most commonly found in the drug "bath salts").