* The drugs called "bath salts" are synthetic versions of a stimulant found in the plant: agave. O mandrake. O ipecacuanha. O khat.

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The drugs called "bath salts" are synthetic versions of a stimulant found in the plant:
O agave.
mandrake.
ipecacuanha.
khat.
Transcribed Image Text:The drugs called "bath salts" are synthetic versions of a stimulant found in the plant: O agave. mandrake. ipecacuanha. khat.
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Bath salts are recreational drugs that are disguised as bath salts. These have reports of very harmful intoxication and even though the name suggests that these might be a hygiene product, they are indeed harmful synthetic cathinone. These drugs can alter the mind and also affected the central nervous system by inhibiting the dopamine-norepinephrine reuptake system (neurotransmitters in the brain).

 

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