I guess I should wade into the discussion as I've done this 'Bath Salts' stuff... at least MDPV, one of the 'cocktail' of active chemicals and I have to say ... 'meh'.
It's not really interesting as far as a recreational narcotic goes, but I can understand why people mess themselves up with it. The high has elements which are similar to both cocaine and ecstacy, although much less pronounced and it wears off pretty quick.
However, like GHB, it's not a drug you can just do again when your HEAD says its okay, something experienced drug users have issues with. "Nah, I'm tough, I've done blah blah blah, I know my tolerance, I can do more".
This stuff really starts to mess with you when you take multiple doses and the problem is you have to go through a pretty brutal comedown to get to a time when it's 'safe' to do more. Bad headache, sensitivity to light, ecstacy 'sketchiness', nausea. It sucks.
I can't imagine this being more than a flash-in-the-pan drug like PCP was. The high is weak, the comedown awful and the unpleasantness associated with trying to avoid the comedown is significant. Once the ingredients are controlled this thing is going to go away; there's no money in it for producers.
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