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What Bath Salts Will—and Won’t—Make You Do

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Most 'bath salts' contain a synthetic designer drug that can induce a mind-rattling hallucination—but they’re unlikely to unleash an epidemic of cannibalism, says Dr. Kent Sepkowitz.

Kent Sepkowitz
Kent Sepkowitz
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Kent Sepkowitz

Kent Sepkowitz

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