“Bath Salts”

Also referred to as:
Bliss, Blue Silk, Cloud Nine, Energy-1, Ivory Wave, Lunar Wave, Ocean Burst, Pure Ivory, Purple Wave, Red Dove, Snow Leopard, Stardust, Vanilla Sky, Lovey-Dovey, White Dove, White Knight and White Lightning.

What Are “Bath Salts”?

 A synthetic stimulant (designer drug) that is deliberately mismarketed as actual bath salts. This drug contains mephedrone and MDPV, which are a derivative of cathinon (found in the khat plant).

This drug appears in a pill format, which can be confused for Ecstasy and as a fine white, off-white, or slightly yellow powder in small plastic or foil packages and is ingested by:

Sniffing/snorting (main);
Orally;
Smoked; and
Injected.

These drugs are currently unregulated, which means that health care professionals have a difficult time treating the person. Additionally, this status also means that it is difficult to determine how this drug will affect an individual.

Some signs that a person has used “Bath Salts” include:

Mental

Agitation, insomnia, irritability, dizziness, depression, paranoia, delusions, suicidal thoughts, seizures, and panic attacks.

Physical

Rapid heart rate (may lead to heart attack or stroke), chest pains, nosebleeds, sweating, nausea and vomiting.