Drug Called Snapchat Leading to Hospitalization Among Users

The rising popularity of a new drug that bears the name of popular image sharing app Snapchat has been causing a major health scare.

The rising popularity of a new drug that bears the name of popular image sharing app Snapchat has been causing a major health scare in Australia’s Northern Territory with at least four people hospitalized after taking the drug.

While Snapchat bears the logo of the app, the drug is made up of the same ingredients that are present in bath salts and health officials revealed that at least eight people have displayed negative effects after taking the drug.

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Of the four hospitalized this week, one was admitted to intensive care while the three others were treated by hospital staff.

Stating that it was the same poison in a new package, Active Superintendant of the Drug and Organised Crime Division Peter Shiller said, “You certainly don't want to be putting this in your body. It's nothing new -- this Snapchat is a new logo, [but] it's the same poison. This particular tablet may have been manufactured locally into that particular logo, but it's still the base ingredient.”

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