I just started on All The Rage last night and today caught a CNN broadcast about the "Bath Salts" drug craze. I must lead a sheltered life, because I immediately thought to myself how crazy it was that people were actually snorting Epsom Salts--no wonder Bed, Bath and Beyond is always crowded
LOL
I did some research and found out that Bath Salts are an umbrella title that refers to Mephedrone and MDPV, a stimulant and psychoactive drug. It's uses have been connected to: A cross-dressing goat killer, a priest-stabber, a man who believed he was being chased by electricity, a festive trespasser, a man who believed his 5-year-old was "possessed," etc., as well as the two recent cannibal incidents.
As I'd been absorbed in the plot of All The Rage, it just struck me as precient and oddly synchronistic. Of course, it's widely known that certain drugs can cause psychopathic behavior, but I hadn't been aware of this particular drug(s) and it's bizarre and deadly after-effect.