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Bath Salts”: Synthetic Psychostimulants and Hallucinogens Silas W “E” to “Bath Salts”: Synthetic Psychostimulants and Hallucinogens Silas W. Smith, MD, FACEP CSAM. Addiction Medicine Review Course 2014. September 6, 2014 REFERENCES Presentation Bialer PA. Designer drugs in the general hospital. Psychiat Clin N Am. 2002;25:231-43. Babu KM, McCurdy CR, Boyer EW. Opioid receptors and legal highs: Salvia divinorum and Kratom. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2008;46:146-52. Boyer EW, Babu KM, Adkins JE, McCurdy CR, Halpern JH. Self-treatment of opioid withdrawal using kratom (Mitragynia speciosa korth). Addiction. 2008;103:1048-50. Braden MR, Parrish JC, Naylor JC, Nichols DE. Molecular interaction of serotonin 5- HT2A receptor residues Phe339(6.51) and Phe340(6.52) with superpotent N-benzyl phenethylamine agonists. Mol Pharmacol. 2006;70:1956-64. Brents LK, Reichard EE, Zimmerman SM, Moran JH, Fantegrossi WE, Prather PL. 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