‘Bath salts’ drug believed to be behind violent assault on Toronto cops, arrests in Calgary

A violent assault that left two Toronto police officers with broken bones, along with a startling arrest of a naked man slamming his face into a fence in Calgary, suggests that “bath salts,” which some experts say is the most dangerous street drug they’ve ever seen, has made its way to Canada’s cities. “Balt salts,” a synthetic drug that often results in a chaotic, violent reaction from the user, are suspected to be behind the horrific naked face-eating attack in Miami that left a homeless man nearly dead. Police and hospital officials in the Maritimes warned that the drug has made its way to their shores earlier this spring, but the drug had not been reported to be seen in Canada’s major cities until the last week. Two Toronto officers were sent to hospital after they were injured while trying to arrest a “raging” man at an Etobicoke apartment building Sunday. He is suspected to have been under the influence of the drug, although that has not yet been confirmed. “They sustained several broken bones in the face, nose, hand and wrist,” Const. Wendy Drummond said. Both officers have been treated and released.