Update! Pot, not bath salts created the “Miami Zombie”

(Photo Credit: Mr.Ebola)

According to drug tests, marijuana, not bath salts was used by the now late Rudy Eugene, 31,  in a zombie-like cannibal attack on a homeless man, 65-year old Ronald Poppo.

According to (CNN) — The naked Florida man who chewed off the face of another man last month in a zombie-like cannibal attack used marijuana but not “bath salts” as police had suspected, authorities said Wednesday.

Rudy Eugene, 31, was killed by a police officer after Eugene’s 18-minute attack on a homeless man. His body didn’t show “any other street drugs, alcohol or prescription drugs, or any adulterants found in street drugs,” according to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department.

The department has also sought the assistance of an outside forensic toxicology reference laboratory, which has confirmed the absence of ‘bath salts,’ synthetic marijuana and LSD…

A video of last month’s incident shows Eugene coming across 65-year-old Ronald Poppo on a sidewalk along Miami’s MacArthur Causeway, stripping clothes off him and eventually chewing on his face. Police said Poppo lost 75% of his face in the attack.

Armando Aguilar, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, told CNN affiliate WPLG last month that he suspected Eugene was under the influence of “bath salts,” a drug that contains synthetic stimulants that can “cause chest pains, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions,” according to the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

For more on this story, click on CNN.

For full coverage of this story:

1. Bath salts allegedly causes Miami man to eat face (video)  (saintleoinkblot.com)
2. Ronald Poppo, victim of the “Miami Zombie” attack has a long recovery ahead (gruesome photos & videos) (saintleoinkblot.com)
3. Zombie Apocalypse continues. Louisiana man bites off a chunk of neighbor’s face. (video & photos) (saintleoinkblot.com)
4. “Flesh in teeth!” Miami Cannibal Autopsy Revealed (video & photos) (saintleoinkblot.com)
5. Allegedly, bath salts strikes again. Charles Baker, Florida’s newest zombie…really? (video)  (saintleoinkblot.com)
6. Bath salts strike again and again… (saintleoinkblot.com)

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• “Flesh in teeth!” Miami Cannibal Autopsy Revealed (video & photos) (saintleoinkblot.com)
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• Ronald Poppo Identified As Victim Of Rudy Eugene’s Naked Cannibal Attack (purestrange.wordpress.com)
• Ronald Poppo, victim of the “Miami Zombie” attack has a long recovery ahead (gruesome photos & videos) (saintleoinkblot.com)
• Bath salts allegedly causes Miami man to eat face (video) (saintleoinkblot.com)
• Zombie Apocalypse continues. Louisiana man bites off a chunk of neighbor’s face. (video & photos) (saintleoinkblot.com)

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