Most bath salts contain some form of sodium, glycerin and a fragrance. The latest trend in drug use is not your typical bath salt. In a recent KMOV, News Channel 4 report in St. Louis, there is a new recreational drug being used by teens and college-aged students in Missouri. The white powdery substance is being sold legally by labeling it as bath salts. It is not actually a bath salt but is, instead, intended to be used as a hallucinogenic drug known as Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), MDPK, Mtv, Magic, Peeve or Super Coke (as it is similar to cocaine). This substance is being sold as falsely labeled bath salts, plant food or insect repellents under the names Cloud 9, Ivory Wave, Hurricane Charlie, Red Dove, Ocean, Charge Plus, White Lightning, White Dove and Scarface. When inhaled, smoked, swallowed, injected or snorted; the drug acts much like cocaine giving its users hallucinations, raising blood pressure, increasing in heart rates and even bringing on thoughts of suicide, sometimes with the attempt or successful attempt to follow. According to the News 4 report:
The Missouri Poison Center at Cardinal Glennon has already seen more cases of bath salt abuse than the entire year of 2010.
Drug use on school campuses is perhaps one of the reasons some families choose to keep their children home to educate them and avoid the unnecessary pressure from peers. Unfortunately, these trendy drugs can find their way into even the most well-meaning parent's home. Fortunately, as a concerned and active parent, you have the opportunity to prevent your children from choosing these mood-altering substances. But, they make the ultimate decision as to whether or not they will heed your advice.
Children of parents who keep communication lines open and provide a loving environment in which to find respite are less likely to experiment with harmful substances. And, if they do, they are more likely to find help in overcoming an addiction. But, where do you start as a parent?
Here are some helpful tips about how and when to talk to your kids about drug abuse. Of course, use the tips but fit them into a relationship you have already established with your children by using your own personal style. That is, pull from the list of suggestions and modify them where you see the need to make it more appropriate and personal for your individual family:
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I genuinely appreciated that focused your article on the parent-children relationship and comunication as a factor in drug abuse. So may people rage on about laws and prohibition and zero tolerance. It's refreshing that there are still some people out there that understand the true roots of these issues: the Home.
Noooooooooo
first of all, they arent bath salts or even any type of salt and are not "hallucinogens". they are mislabeled this because of the hallucinations people get when they take an extremely high (and i mean ridiculously high) dosage of the drug (specifically speaking of mephedrone). hallucinations can happen from any extremely high dosage of so many different kinds of drugs, legal ones that can be bought, or even certain types of spices and foods. people need to educate themselves of the pharmacology of the drugs to understand them better, and not rely on what you hear. unfortunately little is known about these drugs because of how new they are. what is known is that mephdrone is chemically similar to cathinones found in the khat plant, chemicals similar to amphetamines but also very different. what should be taken into action is spreading knowledge of potential dangers and to educate
While i understand that this is not a very good thing....but hello america if you got over yourself and legalized marijuana maybe this stuff would not happen.....please keep your comments to yourself if you object to this....i really dont care to hear ignorance
marijuana is addictive to
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