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Bangor’s Bath Salt Nightmare | Bangor News
In 2011, Bangor, Maine, became the unlikely epicenter of a terrifying synthetic drug epidemic fueled by bath salts—powerful, mind-altering chemicals disguised as bath products. Emergency rooms overflowed with patients experiencing violent psychosis, uncontrollable behavior, and even self-harm, with traditional sedatives failing to help. Witnesses recounted surreal scenes: a man crashing his car then running naked into a river, others destroying property in frenzied outbursts. The chaos earned eerie comparisons to a zombie apocalypse, thrusting Bangor into the national spotlight. Though state…
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