EBSCO paper #2
“Bath Salts”: A New Drug Epidemic—A Case Report
Article Review #2 This article dealt with the aspects of the new and rising epidemic to which is referred as “bath salts”, or methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). The author shows an example of the effects of the drug by using set person, Mr. S, to show what happens to the average bath salt user. Mr. S is a fifty year old man who has had a prior substance abuse to methamphetamines and a history of violence resulting in incarcerations. After extensive tests, however; Mr. S did come up negative for HIV, gonorrhea, hepatitis, and chlamydia which would make one believe there is no necessary connection between disease and synthetic drug use/abuse. Mr. S’ case with synthetic drug abuse did, however; show a dependency for the substance. The case report tells how each of the three times Mr. S was discharged from his psychiatric holds/evaluations that he would relapse and continue the use of the drug. The discussion after the case study tells how there are three ways to partake in the use of these bath salts (inhalation, injection, and ingestion). At the end of the discussion it repeats how the substance is legal and how there is still many things unknown about it. I found this article to be very interesting and truthful. The author does not pretend to know more than what he does and is very organized when writing the article. The way the research study made sense and did not seem to contain any faulty cause and effect statements. I think bath salts are going to be used whether or not they are legal simply because of the experience (or desired experience) one wishes to have by using it. I also like the fact that the author ends the article by telling how further research is still needed to determine the true effects and whether or not it should be legal in the United States. Drug abuse is an epidemic which will not go away all at once and may seem as if it will never go away. Whether its heroin or bath salts, people will
Article Review #2 This article dealt with the aspects of the new and rising epidemic to which is referred as “bath salts”, or methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). The author shows an example of the effects of the drug by using set person, Mr. S, to show what happens to the average bath salt user. Mr. S is a fifty year old man who has had a prior substance abuse to methamphetamines and a history of violence resulting in incarcerations. After extensive tests, however; Mr. S did come up negative for HIV, gonorrhea, hepatitis, and chlamydia which would make one believe there is no necessary connection between disease and synthetic drug use/abuse. Mr. S’ case with synthetic drug abuse did, however; show a dependency for the substance. The case report tells how each of the three times Mr. S was discharged from his psychiatric holds/evaluations that he would relapse and continue the use of the drug. The discussion after the case study tells how there are three ways to partake in the use of these bath salts (inhalation, injection, and ingestion). At the end of the discussion it repeats how the substance is legal and how there is still many things unknown about it. I found this article to be very interesting and truthful. The author does not pretend to know more than what he does and is very organized when writing the article. The way the research study made sense and did not seem to contain any faulty cause and effect statements. I think bath salts are going to be used whether or not they are legal simply because of the experience (or desired experience) one wishes to have by using it. I also like the fact that the author ends the article by telling how further research is still needed to determine the true effects and whether or not it should be legal in the United States. Drug abuse is an epidemic which will not go away all at once and may seem as if it will never go away. Whether its heroin or bath salts, people will