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comment by briandmyers
briandmyers  ·  4829 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Bath Salts and Cannibalism
I know nothing about this really, but the wikipedia entry for "bath salts" had a link to the "designer drugs" page; apparently the drug(s) in question are not actually bath salts. Some designer drugs are sold under that label as a way of avoiding prosecution :

" Common Names

In the UK to avoid being controlled by the Medicines Act, designer drugs such as mephedrone have been described as "bath salts" or "plant food", despite the compounds having no history of being used for these purposes.[26][27][28]

In the USA, similar descriptions have been used to describe mephedrone as well as methylone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV).[29][30] Combined with labeling that they are "not for human consumption", these descriptions are an attempt to skirt the Federal Analog Act which forbids drugs that are “substantially similar” to already classified drugs from being sold for human use.[31] "