Woman high on ‘cannibal drug’ dies after police use stun gun

Elsewhere in Miami, a 21 year-old man allegedly tried to bite off a police
officer’s hand after he was arrested for disturbing customers in a
restaurant. Further cases include an incident in Louisiana when a man was
arrested after biting a chunk out ofhis neighbour’s cheek.

Health professionals in America have expressed their concern at the rising
number of cases involving bath salts. “These drugs perhaps in some way
turn off the higher functioning areas of the brain and really reduce people
to a very primal instinct,” said Dr. Alexander Garrard of the Upstate
Poison Control Centre. Statistic released by the centre show that in 2011,
118 cases were reported whilst in contrast 141 cases have been reported in
the first five months of 2012 alone.

New forms of bath salts are emerging all the time as manufacturers and dealers
seek to stay ahead of the authorities, preventing doctors from effectively
keeping track of the drug’s composition.

“We as public health care providers really don’t know what to make of it.
We have an idea how to manage it, but there is no anecdote for something
like this. That’s the scary part,” Garrard said.

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