In 2012, the United States has been shocked by a number of “zombie” incidents caused by the use of the new drug “bath salts”. After the well-known “face-eating man” incident, there was another horrible news of a woman who was “zombified” by taking the new drug “bath salts”. The woman, under the effect of “bath salts”, was mentally disturbed, and her whole body was so hot that she ran naked through the streets, chasing and attempting to strangle her three-year-old son. The woman was later subdued with a stun gun and died after being taken to the hospital. According to the FDA, there were no reports of this type of drug until 2009, in 2009 there were two, and by the following year there were more than 300. And last year, that number had tripled to more than 900 cases. Bath salts, scientifically known as methcathinone, also known as vanilla sky, zombie agent, meow, ivory, halo, is a new type of drug that has begun to trend globally after marijuana, methamphetamine and ketamine. The drug “bath salts” first appeared in the European region, and became popular around 2008, and was banned in the UK in 2010. A new type of hallucinogen, its euphoric function is 13 times stronger than that of cocaine. It acts directly on the central nervous system, making it excited or inhibited, and produces dependence after continuous use, and is classified as Class I and Class II according to the degree of harm to the human body. Once it is used in excess, it can be considered a potent drug. Methcathinone itself is a strong agent that has obvious pharmacological and toxicological effects on humans. The horror of the drug “bath salts” is the altered mental state that can lead to panic, agitation, delusions, hallucinations and violent behavior when ingested uncontrollably as a drug. It can cause short-term memory loss, dramatic increases in heart rate, increased sweating, dilated pupils (commonly known as “dead eyes”), uncontrolled behavior, and self-harm to the point of intoxication with physical violence without even realizing it. People have been known to slit their own necks in addiction and still be able to walk and jump until they die. According to the National Addiction Centre in the UK, 51% of users reported headaches, 43% heart palpitations, 27% nausea and 15% chills. The symptoms of intoxication caused by the substance can be fatal, and sedatives have no effect on the intoxicated – many doctors have to use stronger forms of general anesthesia to suppress them.