Coroner says Miami cannibal was NOT high on bath salts when he ate homeless man's face...

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edited June 2012 in For The Grown & Sexy
he only had marijuana in his system
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Oh ? ! Here's the twist.
PUBLISHED: 17:22 EST, 27 June 2012 | UPDATED: 17:55 EST, 27 June 2012

The Miami cannibal was not high on bath salts when he attacked a homeless man and chewed off 75 percent of his face last month, the medical examiner says.

A comprehensive toxicology test by two labs found only marijuana in Rudy Eugene's system, opening even more questions about what drove the 31-year-old to strip off his clothes and attack Ronald Poppo along the MacArthur Causeway.

The news from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's office partially vindicates Eugene's family, who claimed in several interviews that he was a peaceful, religious man, who stayed away from hard drugs and only smoked marijuana occasionally.

After the assault, which drew international horror, police speculated that Eugene had taken bath salts -- a designer drug that has been linked to psychotic reactions and hallucinations in some users.

The medical examiner's office ruled out the most common components found in bath salts, in addition to a host of other drugs.

 

'The laboratory has tested for but not detected any other street drugs, alcohol or prescription drugs, or any adulterants found in street drugs. This includes ? , LSD, amphetamines (? , ? and others), phencyclidine (? or Angel Dust), heroin, oxycodone, Xanax, synthetic marijuana (Spice), and many other similar compounds,' the office said in a statement to the Miami Herald.

To be certain, officials also hired an outside forensic toxicology lab, which took a second look at the results. Those tests also confirmed the absence of bath salts, synthetic marijuana and LSD.

The results were released weeks after a Miami police union official had speculated that because Eugene's behavior had been so bizarre he was probably under the influence of bath salts.

They attacking weed now.
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