Bath Salts - In Social Media

The United States Navy produced and released this video with the intention of warning sailors about the hazards of ingesting ‘bath salts.’

The video is prefaced by a short film shot from the point of view a sailor on bath salts. In the video we watch as he snorts the drug and then starts to have horrifying hallucinations. Perhaps the most vivid moment comes when the sailor strikes his girlfriend while at a bowling alley. Following the short film, a Navy medical officer talks somewhat vaguely about the dangers of the drug and how it can have random and lasting effects on a user. The frame of this video is much more specific, in that it was meant firstly to impact members of the armed forces. It has a very one sided view on the issue of synthetic drug use as it pertains to human behavior. With the medical officer, we are presented with someone the creators want us to believe is an expert on the issue of synthetic drug use. The segment at the beginning is very much an attempt to inflict an emotional response on the viewer, and thus frame their opinion on bath salts. The video was created by the U.S. Navy, so while the material in the video may not be 100% factual, we do know it comes from a solid source.

References:
Rawden, Mack. "Watch This Terrifying US Navy Video About Bath Salts." CinemaBlend.com: Entertainment news and opinions you can trust. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2013. .