http://boingboing.net/2012/07/05/unknown-r...disease-in.html

Yeiks!

Scary.

As if anyone needed another reason to stay out of Cambodia..

Ghouls appear to be appearing in Florida and China.

Really?

Do share.

Here and here.

They're blaming the drug "Bath Salts"... But we know the truth!

The whole bath salts thing sounds quite similar to what was reported about out of Britain a while back. Basically a specific chemical sequence is put on the prohibited list, then the suppliers tweak the recipe a bit so add to replace a some atoms and you have something very close but not on the list.

Seems btw that the active element is in essence synthetic khat. Reminds me that heroin and cocaine is distilled opium and coca leaves respectively. Stick with chewing the natural stuff i say, if you need to get a buzz in the first place.

I'll stick to tea and coffee, thankyouverymuch.

Ah yes, caffeine. Supposedly what bootstrapped the enlightenment, as people replace sedative alcohol with the mentioned stimulant.

Bath Salts isn't so much a drug as much as using actual bath salts as a drug.

The first case was found to not have bath salts in his system if I recall correctly, but he did have traces of marijuana.

So you are saying that the Zombie had the Munchies? Awesome...

Yes.

Heh... what an image...

I was under the impression it was a mess of chemicals that acted as a drug, then sold as 'bath salts'. Thus avoiding being a listed drug. I've also heard mention of 'synthetic marijuana' , which is chemically altered so it is also unlisted. That one is supposedly sold as incense.

Ah yes the start of the zombie apocalypse.

False alarm, I think. The man missing a face has yet to turn.

Did the first victim later die? Last I had heard on the story before ignoring it was that he was in the hospital in critical condition..... kind of hard to return when you haven't yet died....

Yeah, but assuming non magical zombies he should of died very quickly from the zombie plague.