Designer Drugs
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Also going by the names “Purple Rain,” “Bliss” and many others, “bath salts” are a chemical cocktail made usually of methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MPDV), mephedrone and pyrovalerone. According to the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Nora D. Volkow, M.D., the name is all part of an attempt to skirt the current laws in place to prevent the sale of designer drugs. Designer drugs are the latest fad in substance abuse. A designer drug is made of substances not yet illegal and designed to get users high without inherent legal consequences. By labeling these drugs as “not for human consumption” and giving them names like “bath salts,” their creators have been able to fly under legal radar. They can be sold online or in drug paraphernalia shops under any number of names. Their composition varies, and their effects are unpredictable.