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‘Bath salts’ suspected in nationwide naked crime wave
Addiction specialists suspect that so-called “bath salts” may be playing a part in an outbreak of crimes committed by naked people across the United States and even in Canada. Mephedrone, the active ingredient in “bath salts,” is a synthetic stimulant that users say makes them feel energized and confident. It…
Georgia man ‘high on bath salts’ threatened to eat police
Police in Gwinnett County, Georgia say a man — who admitted to being high on bath salts — had super-human strength and threatened to eat them and customers at a golf driving range last month. Officer Ross Hancock told WSB-TV that 21-year-old Karl Laventure was half naked, running through a…
Autopsy report: ‘Miami cannibal’ was not high on bath salts
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner reported on Wednesday that the so-called “Causeway cannibal” had not ingested any synthetic drugs before tearing off a homeless man’s face with his teeth. Rudy Eugene was shot dead by police after he was found eating another naked man’s face on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami.…
Bath salts: Gruesome Miami attack adds to drug’s bizarre history
Bath salts: Gruesome Miami attack adds to drug's bizarre history (via The Christian Science Monitor) Months before the lurid case of a Miami man who allegedly cannibalized a homeless man’s face, police and emergency officials as far flung as Maine and Louisiana were coping with their own surreal 911 calls…
Canada to ban key substance in ‘bath salts’ drug
MONTREAL — Canada said it was moving to ban the main substance used to make “bath salts” — the drug linked to a grisly attack in the United States in which a man almost killed another by chewing his face. The drug — which as its name suggests resembles regular…
‘Miami cannibal’ identified by police, ‘bath salts’ blamed for rampage
The Miami man who was shot to death by police yesterday while attacking another man and eating his face has been identified as 31-year-old Rudy Eugene, according to Miami’s CBS affiliate, Channel 4. Eugene is believed to have been homeless at the time of the crime. His last known address,…
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