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February 5, 2016 at 9:03 pm

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UND Psychology

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Researchers at the University of North Dakota are currently recruiting participants who have engaged in the use of Bath Salts (e.g., White Rush, Cloud Nine, Ivory Wave, Ocean Snow, etc.). We are interested in understanding motivations for use, consequences associated with use, and subjective experiences during use. If you have used Bath Salts before, please click on the link below to complete the research survey. Participants will be entered into a raffle to win 1 of 4 $25 gift cards to Amazon.com.

https://und.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1zsZHMmJLLGu2Cp
February 5, 2016 at 9:16 pm

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General Lighting

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This site is used internationally – do you only want participants from the USA and/or regions nearby North Dakota (what about the Canadians, eh? 🙂 )
February 5, 2016 at 9:19 pm

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U.S.A. only please! Have you ever lived in US/are you close to a border state? You could select that state when participating.
February 6, 2016 at 8:08 am

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tryptameanie

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One qurstion, is there an accpted definition of what a bath salt is? I don’t think there is, it’s a stupid catch-all term for almost any RC so this question is stupid and the language you use in America I find to be outright dangerous. The information you give your citizens, despite serious risks to many individuals is disgusting and your country causes far more harm from drugs than any drug does.
February 6, 2016 at 11:49 am

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to be fair it is the street/online dealers who coined this term; it is not unlikely the University researchers do have some idea of the variety of what might be in these “bath salts” especially in their local area; or that they all contain the same type of cathnones/NPS stims anyway. Just looked up the uni involved and they appear to have very good Chemistry and Heallth Science departments as well…
February 6, 2016 at 12:20 pm

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tryptameanie

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No yoy are quite right GL but that does not change my point one bit. THIS is someone with actual credentials wanting to be taken seriously, if he can’t even define his terms then I’m not going to do that and the man can fuck off.

To the OP, please ignore that last comment, it’s a general rant and not aimed at yourself.
February 6, 2016 at 12:29 pm

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I think its a lass carrying out the survey; don’t forget they speak American there.

I totally agree it is inconsistent to use the correct pharm term Fentanyl in one survey and this generic “bath salts” in the other; but maybe thats what they are sold as in North Dakota.

In terms of harm reduction it would be better if the research also included an investigation into the exact chemicals found in these bath salts; maybe that might become apparent as part of the survey as the effects could be compared with chemical analysis of samples by another faculty.

When I get round to it I will add a US: country code to the subject lines of all these posts as well.
February 6, 2016 at 12:51 pm

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tryptameanie

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WTF, those 2 survetys are the same thing? One is bath salts and the othedr fentanyl derivatives!!!!!!!!! If that is true then this is even fucking stupider than I thought.

I do not give a shit about your location or whether you go to university, bath salts ARE NOT synthetic opiates and your stupidity, so called university material, is going to get people killed. EVERY FUCKING COMPOUND IS DIFFERENT, people die because they do not know and are never taught there is a difference and pricks in the media, government, and now apparently research institutions talk total shit.
February 6, 2016 at 1:03 pm

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just double checked myself and they are two separate surveys; but look the same due to the first page being taken up by the ethics statement (which would have made more sense to post up here).

if it wasn’t Saturday and I need to reset my passcode for my USA VOIP circuits so I can top up the credits I’d be inclined to telephone the profs myself and explain how this sort of thing causes confusion and suspicion worldwide; the risks of errors getting into the surveys and how it could have been done in a better way.
February 6, 2016 at 1:30 pm

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tryptameanie

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Yes totally agree GL. As an academic researcher, he/she should be the ones we can actually count on to use facts and correct terminology to avoid any sort of confusion whatsoever, especially when things being discussed can be incredibly dangerous tothe uninformed.
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