Police: New mom smoked bath salts in Pa. hospital

File Under:  People are still losing their damn minds.  Associated Press, via Century Link:

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A new mother has been charged with smoking the powerful synthetic stimulant known as bath salts two days after she gave birth, while still in the maternity ward of a central Pennsylvania hospital.


Online court records don't list an attorney for 31-year-old Carla Murphy, of Altoona, who is charged with aggravated assault and various drug counts for allegedly stripping naked and fighting with staff at the Altoona Regional Hospital on June 17. She faces a preliminary hearing Aug. 8.


The Altoona Mirror ( bit.ly/NawCAx) reports hospital police had to be called to subdue Murphy after she stripped, rolled around on the shower floor, and couldn't answer questions from hospital staff.


Police later found the drugs in Murphy's personal effects and at her home.

That little Gemini baby's best chance is a new family.  Yikes. 

The good news?  At least she didn't eat the baby.  This is beginning to look like a copycat "Those-dudes-freaked-out, but-I-can-handle-it" type phenomenon.  Stupid people who don't give psychoactive substances the proper respect are intrigued, and more of these cases will pop up as awareness and curiosity increases.  The media will most certainly create more awareness of bath salts, therefore more incidents will occur, therefore the media will report those incidents, growing awareness.  And more people will be intrigued and curious..

There are A Lot of stupid people around, so I doubt this phenomenon will dissipate anytime soon.  My guess is that these incidents will occur in locations where there is already heavy methamphetamine manufacturing, distribution, and usage problems.

Zombies, meet Bible Belt.  Bible Belt; Zombies..

Autopsy report: ‘Miami cannibal’ was not high on bath salts

I had a feeling this whole bath salts meme was crap, and NO!, they better not try to blame this on weed, as millions of potheads worldwide would beg to differ!  The Raw Story.  Full article:

The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner reported on Wednesday that the so-called “Causeway cannibal” had not ingested any synthetic drugs before tearing off a homeless man’s face with his teeth.



Rudy Eugene was shot dead by police after he was found eating another naked man’s face on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami. Police had claimed Eugene was overdosing on synthetic stimulants sold under the name “bath salts.” The media quickly picked up on the story and news outlets have since blamed other attacks on the drug.


But the toxicology report released Wednesday did not find evidence that Eugene had ingested any psychoactive substance besides marijuana. Whether Eugene was high on marijuana at the time of the attack is unclear because of the length of time marijuana can remain detectable in the human body.  (So don't jump to any other false conclusions, dumbasses..)


“The department has also sought the assistance of an outside forensic toxicology reference laboratory, which has confirmed the absence of ‘bath salts,’ synthetic marijuana and LSD,” the report said. “Within the limits of current technology by both laboratories, marijuana is the only drug identified in the body of Mr. Rudy Eugene.”



Eugene’s victim is expected to recover, despite losing nearly 80 percent of his face.

(In a related knee-jerk reaction..)On Tuesday, the Senate passed legislation that outlaws 26 drugs, including synthetic stimulants like “bath salts” and synthetic alternatives to marijuana like “K2″ and “Spice.”


“This ban can’t come quickly enough,” Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said. “Just about every day, there’s a new tragedy related to K2 or bath salts. The sooner this poison is off the store shelves, the better. I hope the president will sign this measure into law very quickly.” (Ahh..  Chuck Grassley:  God love 'im, he isn't EVER afraid to be wrong, now is he?)


By the way, I was right.  The authorities never specifically stated it was bath salts, but the media ran with, and for two weeks, unsubstantiated allegations ruled the day.. 

Maybe now police will  focus on Rudy Eugene's missing time the morning and afternoon before the attack, no?  So it looks like he "snapped," came under a "voodoo curse," or..  What's the other unknown?  ..Like a light switching on..  Or off..  Huh..  I wonder if we'll ever get a true follow up or answer to what really happened, here.  Don't hold your breath..