Bath salts not getting you quite clean enough—or high enough? In June of this year, a Louisville man added a bizarre twist to the proliferation of cases of “bath salts” drug abuse that emerged nationwide in 2011. Apparently, while high on the hallucinogen mephedrone, known by the street name “bath salts,” Bahad Mahmoud was found yelling, damaging merchandise, and guzzling hand sanitizer at a local Kroger’s grocery store. Police called to the store found the 28-year-old yelling in the parking lot of a nearby Walgreens. When they identified themselves and asked Mahmoud to stop cease his disorderly conduct, he took off running. In the ensuing chase, officers tased the delinquent, who succeeded in releasing a boozy burst of spittle onto one policeman and injuring the thumb of a second.
The incident is just one of a number of weird stories emerging from the nationwide trend of rising bath salts abuse. Medical and law enforcement authorities have reported that the cases have been startling—not since the rise of PCP in the 1970′s have they encountered such bizarre behavior, and from such an unfamiliar drug source. For Mahmoud, at least, criminal activity is nothing new; since 2004, the suspected drug abuser had been picked up for drug dealing, trespassing, reckless driving, jumping bail, and more. But even if his rap sheet is dirty, one thing’s for sure—his mouth is probably pretty clean.
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Louisville drug rehabs will find that they will have more and more problems with bath salts as the national trend to abuse them continues.
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