Georgia man eats own feces after snorting bath salts

[The Northerner]

It's come to this: police in Georgia say a 21-year-old man allegedly high on bath salts ate his own feces.

Matthew Hammond was arrested last week after his mother called authorities to say her son was “walking around out of his mind, armed with a knife,” according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

When police arrived at the Gwinnett County home, Hammond charged at the squad car.

&quot He) banged on his windows a couple times and actually grabbed onto the latch of the door trying to open it, saying, ‘Come on, come on,’ as if he wanted to fight,” Cpl. Jake Smith of the Gwinnett County Police Department told Atlanta TV station WGCL.

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Hammond later admitted he had smoked marijuana, drank alcohol and snorted "a lot" of bath salts, according to a police report obtained by the Journal-Constitution.

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Read more: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/georgia-man-eats-own-feces-after-snorting-bath-salts


Of all the crazy antics of bath-salts users that I've read, this incident has to be one of the most repulsive.

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Did it taste salty?

[ryan_cats]

2. I keep hearing about 'bath salts', what are they?

I keep hearing about 'bath salts', what are they? Is it another name for meth?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. "Bath salts" aren't actual bath salts

that you put in the bathtub. It's a collection of synthetic chemicals that aren't technically illegal (though one common ingredient has recently been outlawed) so they can be sold over the Internet. It's not meth - it's probably worse.

[Cal Carpenter]

15. Not just the internet

States have been banning them one by one, but you could, and still can in some places, buy them at head shops and even gas stations/convenience stores.

And as soon as they ban one of these substances, the scientists brewing this shit up just tweak something here and there to skirt the law and sell it under a different name.

It's pretty fucked up. I think this stuff sounds incredibly dangerous. The people are basically cooking in their own bodies (that's a description I've heard, I don't really know how scientifically sound it is) and losing their shit. That's why a lot of them strip naked. But their brains are just cooking. Something to do with adrenaline, iirc. It seems there is often permanent damage after even short-term use. And it's almost impossible to really study the effects because they are so unregulated and inconsistent as far as composition.

My instinct is to roll my eyes and dismiss these sort of sensationalist "Drugs Are The Devil and Make People Eat Other People" types of things, but this rings differently to me. I think this shit is dangerous as hell, and available over-the-counter and the internet.

Just some thoughts.

[LACarMan]

25. no need to worry.

It is just another scare tactic to back up our nations war on drugs.

More info:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/ondcp-fact-sheets/synthetic-drugs-k2-spice-bath-salts

[Tx4obama]

30. No need to worry? Are you f'ing joking? Haven't you read all the havoc that has been going on ...

due to folks using bath salts?

The stories coming out about bath salts are showing that bath salts could be he worse 'drug' ever.

Go do some research. There have been cases of folks that have irreversible severe brain damage, in at least one case it was the person's first time using it.

[LACarMan]

32. There really isn't a need to worry

Not sure if I was being snarky or a bit tongue in cheek, but either way, this is just a new scare tactic. The fact that the president signs a law to ban this while instructing his DOJ to raid dispensaries, gives me mixed signals.

Designer Drugs are Designer Drugs, no matter what era.

[orpupilofnature57]

3. I overstand , it's bad stuff

LEGALIZE MARIJUANA , and not just for medicinal use.

[panader0]

4. So that's why his farts stink.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Santorum Solitaire.

[Mika]

6. WOW. Amazing ...

... that it wasn't in Floriduh.


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[OriginalGeek]

13. Whoa, hey!

We like to eat PEOPLE with our bath salts thank you very much.

[subterranean]

7. If nothing else, he'll have a great story to tell at dinner parties.

[CTyankee]

9. I didn't alert but I felt like doing it. Do we really need to have this here in GD?

It is sickening and I'm not sure it serves any purpose here. Of course, feel free to disagree, but I just don't want to come on DU and confront this kind of thread. There are mental disorders of all kinds and I am sorry for the afflicted people. But I don't think this is really about the afflicted. I think it is about the shock value and I am not thrilled with having this here.

It is just my 2 cents but there it is....

[snooper2]

11. It's not like they posted the recipe

[Electric Monk]

12. I agree, actually, that it'd fit a better fit in Weird News or Drug Policy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1103
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1170

but those forums don't get anywhere near the traffic GD does, so I can understand it being posted here, too.

[Cali_Democrat]

16. There's a feature where you can hide a thread

so you won't have to see it while you're logged in.

[CTyankee]

20. May I ask ifyou think this kind of thread is OK?

Just wondering...

[Cali_Democrat]

22. OK in terms of the rules for this forum? Not sure.

I don't see an issue with it. It's definitely not the craziest thing I've read on DU.

[CTyankee]

23. This and the cannabalism threads, altho not numerous, are very depressing to me...

Why does DU have to be turned into a freak show? Aren't politics enough of a freak show?

[Cali_Democrat]

24. I see your point

I strongly recommend using hide thread. It's very effective. Also, Politics 2012 is supposed to only discuss things related to politics, although, it isn't has highly trafficked as GD.

[CTyankee]

27. I don't hide threads, but I do want to discuss the whole idea behind having them here.

I ignore the threads on my own. My problem is really with the reasoning behind having them here on DU. As such, we are having that debate and it is fine. I prefer debate to "hide." I can hide on my own just by not looking at the posts. But I object on the grounds that they debase our website. My opinion, of course, but there it is...

[randome]

31. Sometimes, I think, it's the thrill of being first to post a story.

But I agree, some stories should simply not be brought into the light. They don't prove anything. We already know human beings are damned strange creatures.

[Quantess]

10. Enquiring minds want to know:

Is he single? He sounds like a fun date!

[DCKit]

19. Just make sure your shoes match your hockey mask. nt

[qwertyMike]

14. Interesting

That is one interesting drug.

[RebelOne]

17. I haven't seen anything about this on our local Atlanta news stations. n/t

[randome]

18. It's a dirty job but SOMEBODY had to do it!

[kentauros]

21. It's no big deal.

[richmwill]

26. I knew GG Allin was still alive! (n/t)

[The Sushi Bandit]

28. This Story Fuckin Stinks!

I dont want to hear about face eating, self mutilating, pedofiles who think it is the only way to get to heaven.

Thats it... ENOUGH

[LiberalEsto]

29. Those are SOME munchies

Looking at all the cannibal behavior, feces eating, etc., this bath salts stuff makes marijuana seem like an appetite suppressant by comparison.