May 16, 2017 11:58 PM
'Bath salt' use underreported, study reveals
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...104738.htm
EXCERPT: Hundreds of new psychoactive substances have emerged in recent years, and determining their prevalence is essential to cultivating effective prevention efforts. One example of new street drugs is synthetic cathinones, a.k.a.: "bath salts." "Bath salts" are new amphetamine-like stimulants, and researchers and users know little about their effects. The "bath salt" called "Flakka" (alpha-PVP) has been linked to widespread and bizarre incidents of behavior in Florida.
Current methods to monitor use of new street drugs rely mainly on data from seizures and poisonings, with little effective survey data on self-reported use. Adding to the limitations of survey data, use of new substances is often unknown or unintentional, since drugs such as ecstasy ("Molly") are commonly adulterated with one or more of these new substances. This makes it harder to gauge specific usage from traditional drug-use survey methods.
"Research was needed to determine how to ask about use of these new drugs on health surveys," said Dr, Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH, of the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (NYU CDUHR). "There are hundreds of new drugs, and many go by multiple street names, so it is difficult to accurately ask about use on surveys."
To address these current limitations in research, Dr. Palamar and his team conducted a study...
How Caffeine Can Kill a Healthy Person
http://www.livescience.com/59133-caffein...death.html
EXCERPT: The 16-year-old boy drank a large diet Mountain Dew, a McDonald's cafe latte and an unnamed energy drink in that time, USA Today reported today (May 16). The Richland county coroner, Gary Watts, said the teen's death was caused by a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia," according to USA Today. In other words, the caffeine caused a heart problem that could have led to an irregular heartbeat. Watts also said that the teen was healthy and didn't have any medical problems that the caffeine could have exacerbated....
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...104738.htm
EXCERPT: Hundreds of new psychoactive substances have emerged in recent years, and determining their prevalence is essential to cultivating effective prevention efforts. One example of new street drugs is synthetic cathinones, a.k.a.: "bath salts." "Bath salts" are new amphetamine-like stimulants, and researchers and users know little about their effects. The "bath salt" called "Flakka" (alpha-PVP) has been linked to widespread and bizarre incidents of behavior in Florida.
Current methods to monitor use of new street drugs rely mainly on data from seizures and poisonings, with little effective survey data on self-reported use. Adding to the limitations of survey data, use of new substances is often unknown or unintentional, since drugs such as ecstasy ("Molly") are commonly adulterated with one or more of these new substances. This makes it harder to gauge specific usage from traditional drug-use survey methods.
"Research was needed to determine how to ask about use of these new drugs on health surveys," said Dr, Joseph Palamar, PhD, MPH, of the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing's Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (NYU CDUHR). "There are hundreds of new drugs, and many go by multiple street names, so it is difficult to accurately ask about use on surveys."
To address these current limitations in research, Dr. Palamar and his team conducted a study...
How Caffeine Can Kill a Healthy Person
http://www.livescience.com/59133-caffein...death.html
EXCERPT: The 16-year-old boy drank a large diet Mountain Dew, a McDonald's cafe latte and an unnamed energy drink in that time, USA Today reported today (May 16). The Richland county coroner, Gary Watts, said the teen's death was caused by a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia," according to USA Today. In other words, the caffeine caused a heart problem that could have led to an irregular heartbeat. Watts also said that the teen was healthy and didn't have any medical problems that the caffeine could have exacerbated....