A Review of “Bath Salts”: Evolving Designer Drugs of Abuse

Detection and identification of designer drugs by nanoparticle-based NMR chemosensing

“…“Designer drugs” are psychotropic substances usually synthesized by modification of existing drugs. 1 Being new substances, they elude both classification as illicit substances and identification by standard analytical methods. For this reason, and because the emergence of such drugs has dramatically increased in the past few years, the threat they pose to society is relevant.…”

Qualitative analysis of seized synthetic cannabinoids and synthetic cathinones by gas chromatography triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry

“…[5] One or more synthetic cannabinoids are dissolved in solution and sprayed onto herbs or plants for a natural appearance resembling an herbal product. [8] The individual synthetic cathinones or the mixture of different synthetic cathinones are called 'bath salts' and generally sold in the form of a white powder, but may be found in other forms as well. Although there is no structural similarity with Δ 9 -THC, these synthetic cannabinoids act as cannabinoid receptor agonists.…”

Bath Salt-Induced Psychosis: Nursing Assessment, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcomes

“…Newer techniques using gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography within a specific window of time, usually 48–72 hr after ingestion, have been developed to detect bath salts (Airuehia, Young‐Walker, & Nittler, ). Yet these advanced tests are expensive, may not detect every bath salt compound, and are not routinely available in hospitals.…”