Patient Zero

[Ed W]

Patient zero is the term for the initial outbreak of a pandemic.  If you've read "World War Z", you know the basics. 

Herewith, a disturbing account from Miami:

A Miami man on Monday described how he watched in horror after spotting a naked man gnawing away at the face and neck of another man in a ghoulish attack on a highway ramp in downtown Miami.

"He was ripping into his face with his teeth," Larry Vega said of the attacker....

..."The guy just stood his head up like that, with a piece of flesh in his mouth, and growled," Vega said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/us-usa-miami-attack-idUSBRE84R0O420120528

Despite the temptation to have some fun with this story, there's a man in critical condition in the hospital.

What would cause someone do attack another person like this?  Meth?  Some other drug? 

[custosnox]

Patient zero is the term for the initial outbreak of a pandemic.  If you've read "World War Z", you know the basics. 

Herewith, a disturbing account from Miami:

A Miami man on Monday described how he watched in horror after spotting a naked man gnawing away at the face and neck of another man in a ghoulish attack on a highway ramp in downtown Miami.

"He was ripping into his face with his teeth," Larry Vega said of the attacker....

..."The guy just stood his head up like that, with a piece of flesh in his mouth, and growled," Vega said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/us-usa-miami-attack-idUSBRE84R0O420120528

Despite the temptation to have some fun with this story, there's a man in critical condition in the hospital.

What would cause someone do attack another person like this?  Meth?  Some other drug? 

Drugs?  You mean the stocking up of supplies and fortifying of the property that I've been doing all day was unneeded?  Damn, I was looking forward to a good Zombie Apocalypse.

[Red Arrow]

Damn, I was looking forward to a good Zombie Apocalypse.

That has to be a big disappointment.  Too bad.  Maybe next time.

[TheArtist]

BBC news said the police were saying that it was likely a potent new form of LSD.   They say that there are instances with people using this drug with similar results where the user takes off their clothes (the users organs are literally burning up alive from the inside) and they exhibit violent behavior and of course hallucinations. 

[Red Arrow]

I guess I'll just have to stick with a known drug, ethanol.  I know pretty much how much I can consume and what my reaction to it will be.

[guido911]

Damn, I was looking forward to a good Zombie Apocalypse.

Tallahassee, please pick up the white courtesy phone:

[patric]

BBC news said the police were saying that it was likely a potent new form of LSD.   They say that there are instances with people using this drug with similar results where the user takes off their clothes (the users organs are literally burning up alive from the inside) and they exhibit violent behavior and of course hallucinations. 

As long as they are guessing, my guess would be Phencyclidine.
Nasty stuff that Big Pharma couldnt market successfully.

[heironymouspasparagus]

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[patric]

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Indeed a man of few words.


Meanwhile...
(CBS/WFOR) MIAMI - The naked man shot by police after being found eating another man's face may have been under the influence of an LSD-like drug called "bath salts," according to Armando Aguilar, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police

"I have a message for whoever is selling it out there," said Aguilar. "You can be arrested for murder if you are selling this LSD to people, unsuspecting people on the street and somebody ends up dying as a result you will be charged with murder."

Other than "bath salts" being tied to grant$ from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, it's still just election-year guesswork in front of the cameras.

[Hoss]

Indeed a man of few words.


Meanwhile...
(CBS/WFOR) MIAMI - The naked man shot by police after being found eating another man's face may have been under the influence of an LSD-like drug called "bath salts," according to Armando Aguilar, the president of the Fraternal Order of Police

"I have a message for whoever is selling it out there," said Aguilar. "You can be arrested for murder if you are selling this LSD to people, unsuspecting people on the street and somebody ends up dying as a result you will be charged with murder."

Other than "bath salts" being tied to grant$ from the Office of National Drug Control Policy, it's still just election-year guesswork in front of the cameras.

Saw a news piece on these 'bath salts' just last week.  Scary stuff that is, especially how it's sold.

[custosnox]

Saw a news piece on these 'bath salts' just last week.  Scary stuff that is, especially how it's sold.

Got a link on that article?  Would like to see more on it.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Indeed a man of few words.

Naw...I got lots of words, but for this, I just put a marker message in so it will show up on new replies, so can follow the thread.


The attack is just one of those "shake your head in disbelief" things.  I suspect if we had rational marijuana laws, the guy might have just stayed home to smoke a couple, watch some TV and just gnaw on some chips and rotel/velveeta dip.  Or maybe not - the end result here is evolution in action - hopefully he didn't have the opportunity to pass those faulty genes on before getting popped by the cop.

[patric]

I suspect if we had rational marijuana laws, the guy might have just stayed home to smoke a couple, watch some TV and just gnaw on some chips and rotel/velveeta dip.

Funny you should mention that, because not even munchies are safe in the "war on drugs" industry:

Mexican authorities arrested four alleged members of the Knights Templar drug cartel after a series of firebomb attacks on a potato-chip company owned by the U.S. food company PepsiCo, the first attack on an American multinational firm in Mexico's ongoing drug war.

[heironymouspasparagus]

There truly is a simple solution - decriminalize growth and use of marijuana for personal use.  End enforcement for growing and possessing - and maybe even selling small amounts, maybe up to 1/2 lb?  The end of half or more of the cartel funding would disappear after the time it takes to grow the first crop.  60 - 90 days?


Insanity - to keep doing the same thing (for 100 years!!) and expect different results - US drug policy.

[Markk]

BBC news said the police were saying that it was likely a potent new form of LSD.   They say that there are instances with people using this drug with similar results where the user takes off their clothes (the users organs are literally burning up alive from the inside) and they exhibit violent behavior and of course hallucinations. 

Makes me wish Dragnet was still in production.  This makes Blue Boy look like a walk in the park.