Bath salts fueling naked zombie crime wave?

[marmar]

from Press TV:


Addiction specialists suspect that so-called “bath salts” may be playing a part in an outbreak of crimes committed by naked people across the United States and even in Canada.

Mephedrone, the active ingredient in “bath salts,” is a synthetic stimulant that users say makes them feel energized and confident. At toxic levels, however, the drug reportedly causes intense confusion and sometimes violent rage, spikes in body temperature and hallucinations.

After a series of recent crimes in Arizona, police began to see a pattern.

“I wouldn’t approach naked people running around the streets of Phoenix,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Eric Wyckoff told Fox 10. “Generally speaking, if you run into a naked man out here, we found there’s usually some kind of illicit narcotic on board,” he added. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://presstv.com/usdetail/249609.html

[TheWraith]

1. One, this is a story from Iranian state propaganda.

Press TV could better be summed up as "any story that makes Iran look good and America look like degenerates, no matter how badly we have to sodomize the facts."

Second, despite the moral panic over "bath salts," this set of claims have already been discredited. There's no link between bath bath salts and the "zombie" attack, and there is in fact no evidence of an "outbreak of crimes" at all. It's pure "summer of the shark" crap, creating a panic by reporting on stuff that's not new.

[marmar]

2. Lighten up. I thought the playful thread title indicated how seriously I take this story.

nt

[drm604]

7. If you Google "Police Sgt. Eric Wyckoff"

You'll find many US news sources attributing the same quotes to him and he apparently made the remarks to a Phoenix news station, so I don't think it's Iranian propaganda.

That said, I'm not aware of Police Sgt. Eric Wyckoff being an expert on "bath salts" so this seems to be strictly his opinion.

[RZM]

3. Indeed

[Junkdrawer]

4. President signed a law Monday making Bath Salts and Synth. Marijuana illegal ....

On the Synth. Marijuana front, now anything that binds to CB1 receptors falls under the ban, so we'll see if that stops the whack-a-mole game of slightly different molecules.

[NightWatcher]

5. That's what they want you to think. Meanwhile the ZRT here bagged 3 more last night

Have you thought of joining a local Zombie Response Team to get ready?

[limpyhobbler]

6. Pure Persian Propaganda........ or is it ??

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[HopeHoops]

8. There've been a few where the "zombies" tested clean. I think they're just zombies.

No big deal. Zombies have a right to not live just like everyone else.

[Edweird]

9. Used to be I would assume a naked man running towards me was a streaker.

Now I'm more inclined to shoot first. WTF is it with the whole 'naked' thing?