BATH SALT INTERVENTION
Northcentral Drug Enforcement
Group
NORDEG
What Are Bath Salts???
Bath salts contain man made
chemicals related to amphetamines
that often consist of
methylenedioxypyrovalerone
(MDPV), mephedrone, and
methylone, also known as substituted
cathinones.
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Signs and Symptoms of bath salt
abuse, or addiction
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Blurry or red eyes
Enlarged pupils
Rapid movements with the hands and body
Increased speech (talking a mile a minute)
Decreased appetite
Paranoia
Poor Hygiene
Insomnia
Medical Intervention
• Extreme Agitation
• Hallucinations and
Delusions
• Chest Pain
• Suicidal Thoughts
• High BP
• Acute Toxicity
• Hyperthermia
• Delirium
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Violent Behavior
Foaming at the mouth
Extreme Paranoia
Delusional paracitosis
Parkinson Twitching
Insomnia
Observations
• Hostile, violent, unpredictable, out of control, paranoid, and
reckless
• Officer described one suspect as having unusual superhuman
strength.
• Officer described suspect as shooting off the ground like a
“flash of light.”
• One suspect bent the hinged handcuffs during the arrest.
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November 2010 - Louisiana man sliced his throat and said, "I
can't handle what this drug has done to me. I'm never going
to touch anything again." Hours later he shot and killed
himself when he had visions of army men swarming his
house.
• December 2010 - Mississippi man shot and killed Tippah
County Deputy Sheriff DeWayne Crenshaw at a disturbance
call. It took six men more than half an hour to wrestle the
man into an ambulance. He ripped through gurney straps
and heavy medical tape.
• January 2011 - Florida woman attacked and
attempted to behead her 71 year-old mother
with a machete.
• March 2011 - Pennsylvania man broke into a
monastery and stabbed a priest.
• March 2011 - Pennsylvania couple almost
slashed their 5 year-old daughter with knives as
they attacked “voices in the walls”.
• April 2011 - Washington man killed himself, his
wife and their five-year-old son.
• May 2011 - West Virginia man killed his
neighbor's goat. Man was found semi-dressed
in women's clothing in his bedroom with blood
everywhere. The goat was dead on the floor
next to a pornographic photo.
• June 2011 - Indiana man climbed a roadside
flagpole and jumped into traffic.
• July 2011 - Arizona man seriously burned his
child’s hands because the child had touched his
Bible. The man stated that voices told him the
child was possessed.
• July 2011 – Maine man was running around and
yelling at people. The man charged at an officer,
resisted arrest, broke off an antenna from a
police car, and used it to smash the rear
windshield. The man was taken to a hospital,
where he died three hours after the incident.
• September 2011 - South Carolina man was
arrested after shooting out of the windows of a
house while claiming that there was a body
inside. There was no body inside.
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May 2012 - Ohio man fired at police when they interrupted him while he
was breaking into his own house. Police fired back and wounded him.
February 2012 - Florida man bit the hood of a police cruiser when police
attempted to restrain him.
May 2012 - Ohio man was shot and killed by police after he held a knife
to his girlfriend's neck.
May 2012 - Florida man ate the face off of a homeless person and
growled at officers before being shot & killed. Bath salts are suspected.
Office National Drug Control Policy
Similar to the adverse effects of cocaine, LSD
and methamphetamine, bath salt use is
associated with increased heart rate and
blood pressure, extreme paranoia,
hallucinations, and violent behavior, which
causes users to harm themselves or others.
Causes users to harm themselves
or others!!!
On October 21, 2011, DEA exercised its
emergency scheduling authority to
control some of the synthetic
substances used to manufacture bath
salts; these synthetic stimulants are
now designated as Schedule I
substances.
The Synthetic Drug Control Act
(HR 1254) was approved by the
House of Representatives on
December 8, 2011. The
Department of Justice has issued a
“views letter” in support of the
Act.
The Comprehensive Crime Control Act
of 1984 amends the Controlled
Substances Act (CSA) to allow the
Attorney General to place a substance
temporarily in Schedule I when it is
necessary to avoid an imminent
hazard to the public safety (21 U.S.C. §
811(h)).
Basis For Detention
• (a) A law enforcement officer or other person
authorized to take a child into custody under
ch. 48 or to take a juvenile into custody under
ch. 938 may take an individual into custody if
the officer or person has cause to believe that
the individual is mentally ill, is drug
dependent, or is developmentally disabled,
and that the individual evidences any of the
following:
A substantial probability of physical
harm to himself or herself as
manifested by evidence of recent
threats of or attempts at suicide or
serious bodily harm
A substantial probability of physical harm
to other persons as manifested by
evidence of recent homicidal or other
violent behavior on his or her part, or by
evidence that others are placed in
reasonable fear of violent behavior and
serious physical harm to them, as
evidenced by a recent overt act, attempt
or threat to do serious physical harm on
his or her part.
A substantial probability of physical
impairment or injury to himself or
herself due to impaired judgment, as
manifested by evidence of a recent act
or omission.
• Behavior manifested by a recent act or omission that,
due to drug dependency he or she is unable to
satisfy basic needs for nourishment, medical care,
shelter, or safety without prompt and adequate
treatment so that a substantial probability exists that
death, serious physical injury, serious physical
debilitation, or serious physical disease will
imminently ensue unless the individual receives
prompt and adequate treatment for this mental
illness or drug dependency
The officer's or other person's belief
shall be based on any of the
following
A specific recent overt act or attempt
or threat to act or omission by the
individual which is observed by the
officer or person
A specific recent overt act or attempt
or threat to act or omission by the
individual which is reliably reported to
the officer or person by any other
person, including any probation,
extended supervision and parole agent
authorized by the department of
corrections to exercise control and
supervision over a probationer,
parolee or person on extended
supervision.
Resources
Drug Policy Information:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp
Drug Enforcement Administration:
http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr030111.ht
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National Institute on Drug Abuse:
http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/Spice.html
American Association of Poison Control Centers:
http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/default.aspx
Congressional Research Service:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42066.pdf
Contact Information
Detective Sergeant Sara Gardner
slgardner@co.oneida.wi.us
Office:
715-361-5160
cell:
715-493-1110