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    It's being banned because

    (snip)"It's a derivative that's very similar to amphetamines, and its side effects are largely the same side effects we see with amphetamines in large dose," said Jeffrey Baldwin, professor of pharmacy practice and pediatrics at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, which seems not to have experienced this scourge -- at least not yet. "[Those side effects] would be increased heart rate and blood pressure, not sleeping, not eating and eventually becoming paranoid."(snip) http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyl...ay/649596.html

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    I've tried it. I didn't try it under it's American name. You buy it as "plant fertilizer" in the UK and the street name is meow meow. It was fun, but the come down was horrible.

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    I gotta admit, I don't get this. I mean, if you're going to do drugs, then fucking do drugs. Don't look for random substances to abuse, hoping you'll get high off it.

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    Is this like those incense things you can smoke?
    If so, those things were meant to be smoked... the "incense" was just a way of marketing it to keep whoever made it out of trouble and make it technically legal to sell.

    I've smoked these before. I've tried a few different brands. Many have synthetic cannabinoids and are supposed to feel like smoking marijuana, but won't make you fail a drug test, which is I think the appeal for a lot of people. I know that's why I smoke it.
    Some of them do feel like marijuana, it really can't compare to the real thing IMO.

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    ^That is exactly what it is, Sierra. "Bath salts" is annoying and people don't get it.

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

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    OK, yeah, that's what it looked like from the article but I wasn't sure. I almost never hear it referred to as "bath salts". I've also never seen it in "salt" form, all the kinds I've gotten have been plant matter of some kind. Looks like weed shake, ya know?


    But anyway, yeah, it's not like people are going around smoking whatever they can get their hands on and just discovered this will do the trick. These things were made to be smoked (or whatever) and to get you high. They can say "not for human consumption" all they want on the bag, but they were most definitely made with the intention of people consuming them. It's like when you go to a head shop and have to say "water pipe" instead of "bong"... everyone knows you are not going to smoke tobacco out of that thing, it's just a way of working around the technicalities of the law.

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    Oops I didn't mean exactly pot-like. I meant exactly like the "incense" thing.

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    Yes to the above! It's most definitely NOT actual bath salts - just labelled as so, in the same way that poppers are labelled as room odouriser over here so they can be sold in stores.

    It's definitely not bath salts, or plant fertiliser. It's mephedrone, or MCAT, or meow meow.

    I've had fun with it, and it had the added bonus of being legal for a while so you could use without worrying... that's not so true now!
    Agree with Strippername - also had nasty comedown experiences with this.

    Not encouraging drug use in any way, just putting my experiences of it out there.
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    oh god!!!! ITS NOT BATH SALTS! its labelled bath salts or plant fertilizer to get around the law, here in the uk new food substances have to be tested before they can be sold, people are dropping dead after using this drug in the uk, there have been countless many in the news, the food standards agency wouldn't lable it fit for human consumption so therefore they sell it as plant fertilizer!

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    It's NOT bath salts, but it's also NOT fit for human consumption because people are GETTING SICK and DROPPING DEAD??? Perhaps they ARE bath salts and people are MISUSING them, hence the dropping dead part?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    It's NOT bath salts, but it's also NOT fit for human consumption because people are GETTING SICK and DROPPING DEAD??? Perhaps they ARE bath salts and people are MISUSING them, hence the dropping dead part?
    lol!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephedrone

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/sear...rase=meow+meow

    get real, its not radox, its an actual drug being sold as bath salts to get around laws re you the only one who can't see this?!

    perhaps it is a magical substance that works as bath salts, plant fertilizer and can also make you high! wow the wonders of magic!

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    from wikepedia

    Media organisations including the BBC and The Guardian, as well as a news section in the Annals of Botany[38] (later corrected[39]), incorrectly reported that mephedrone was commonly used as a plant fertiliser. In fact sellers of the drug described it as "plant food" because it was illegal to sell the compound for human consumption.[

    also

    http://www.meowrightnow.com/

    http://plantfoodpalace.co.uk/

    why would people pay so much for plant food or bath salts and order online when they can go to a shop and buy it for a fraction of the price? perhaps because they don't want plant food/bath salts/pond cleaner etc and want drugs instead!
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    Quote Originally Posted by TigerToes View Post

    get real, its not radox, its an actual drug being sold as bath salts to get around laws re you the only one who can't see this?!

    perhaps it is a magical substance that works as bath salts, plant fertilizer and can also make you high! wow the wonders of magic!
    Get real, if it was a drug the makers expected to make money from it wouldn't KILL people. Kinda hard to get repeat customers that way dontcha think? People sniff inhalants too even though that wasn't the original intent. Doesn't mean you should or that high prices mean it's a secret drug. All the price means is it sells enough that the makers are trying to hike the price before you kick off!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    It's NOT bath salts, but it's also NOT fit for human consumption because people are GETTING SICK and DROPPING DEAD??? Perhaps they ARE bath salts and people are MISUSING them, hence the dropping dead part?
    It might not be fit for human consumption, but it is absolutely intended for human consumption.
    Individual reactions to drugs vary wildly, so it's no surprise some people are having bad reactions.

    Crack, heroin, and hell even alcohol and tons of other drugs can make people sick or kill them. So maybe they aren't fit for human consumption, but there's no doubt that's what they are for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    Get real, if it was a drug the makers expected to make money from it wouldn't KILL people. Kinda hard to get repeat customers that way dontcha think? People sniff inhalants too even though that wasn't the original intent. Doesn't mean you should or that high prices mean it's a secret drug. All the price means is it sells enough that the makers are trying to hike the price before you kick off!
    not everyone who takes it drops dead! can't believe you think its actual bath salts they sell in normal shops lol! heroin, extacy and cocaine kill people but its still sold making huge profits for the dealers!

    do you think each time a drug kills someone, drug dealers rethink what they are selling and decide to move on because they want repeat customers? or maybe they just sell as much as the possibly can and make as much profit as they can!

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    these bath salts are generally one or both of the following:

    mdpv and mephedrone.

    they can be other things, but those are two of the big ones. both are stimulants. mephedrone also creates a euphoria like feeling similar to E.

    RCs (research chemicals) are a big thing right now as everyone is trying to stay ahead of the law and find MDMA replacements and legal coke-like stimulants. most of them have little to now research done first. most are not deadly, but many have dangerous side effects.

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