Ivory Wave Bath Salts
Ivory Wave Bath Salts:
They’ll Get You Anything But Clean
What Are These “Bath Salts?”
For several years now there has been a growing market and demand for “legal highs,” which are chemically-produced drugs usually sold under disguise of seemingly harmless substances (such as incense, spice, and even bath salts.) But the effects of ingesting these substances are anything but harmless.
Many Names For One Enemy
Most commonly known as Ivory Wave, the methamphetamine-derived bath salts also come labeled with such names as Vanilla Sky, Ivory Coast, and Purple Wave. More versions are being produced and sold at a terrifying pace. With all its names and forms, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of all of them.
Regardless of all the different brand names, the bath salts all have the same basic instructions for use. Usually there will be a limit as to how much of the product to “put in your bathtub” at one time, and the disclaimer is consistent amongst all brands: “Do not consume alcohol or operate heavy machinery after using this product.” These are obviously not mere bath salts.
In reality, they contain well over a dozen chemicals that all produce a meth- and cocaine-like sensation. Unfortunately, just like the illegal drugs the salts are patterned to imitate, the results of using them have devastating effects. In one clinical study it was found that just two weeks of using the bath salts produces the same physical deterioration that you would usually find in someone who has used meth steadily for six months.
What Do They Do?
The effects of the “bath salts,” which the user actually snorts to get a cocaine-like high, include euphoria, rapid heart rate, and a much-heightened sense of anxiety. It is difficult for non-users to imagine why anyone would want to experience most of these effects on purpose, but it’s important to remember one of the main things that can lead to drug abuse in the first place: thinking errors.
People who have chronic thinking errors often feel depressed, lethargic and fatigued, and to them, the “upper” sensations are a relief from their usual physical state. They feel that they can “finally function like a normal human being should.” And they are wrong…dead wrong.
What usually ends up happening instead? They develop hallucinations, psychosis, inability to sleep, severe panic attacks… and of course, ultimately, addiction and often death.
With this in mind, the danger is obviously limitless. Already there have been many deaths and countless addicts created with the assistance of these “legal drugs.”
Who Is Using Them?
Ivory Wave and other similar products hold an obvious appeal for addicts who are already trapped in their disease and are easily drawn to the inexpensive and easily available high.
They also appeal to all sorts of people who are seeking thrills, weight loss, “escape,” or acceptance from peers at school or work.
And then there are the addicts in recovery. This is a most unfortunate temptation for them, because not only are the bath salts widely available, but they are also still undetectable by most standard urinalysis tests given in treatment centers and hospitals alike. It is extremely important that therapists and counselors in the field of drug addiction—as well as in other fields—know and detect the effects of the drug in order to help combat its widespread devastation.
How Are They So Widely Available?
Until recently (when they became illegal,) the “bath salts” were even available in smoke shops. Now Ivory Wave is considered illegal, but it is still very difficult to monitor what is bought and sold over the Internet.
The chemicals used to make the bath salts are inexpensive and easily obtained.
Also, when one drug is deemed illegal, another one is created to take its place until a court of law can define and regulate it, too. And the cycle continues.
In Conclusion
Knowing the truth about what’s out there is a very good way for people—counselors, addicts, dieters, curious high-seekers, and others—to know what to watch out for, so that they can help… or get help. Call us at 1-877-593-6777.
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Donald Nickerson / 21 Jul 2011 / 9:55 am