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New Mom Goes On Suspected Bath Salts Rampage In Maternity Ward

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July 5 2012, Published 11:00 a.m. ET

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By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

A new mother's violent outburst in the hospital just two days after giving birth is thought to be the latest incident related to a wave of dangerous synthetic drugs sweeping the country.

Carla Murphy, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, allegedly stripped down naked in the maternity ward, assaulted hospital staff and even tried to bite a police officer on June 17 in a drug-induced rampage after smoking "blizzard," which is another name for the now notorious bath salts, reported the Altoona Mirror.

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As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, bath salts exploded into the public attention with the gruesome case of Rudy Eugene, who ate the face off a homeless man in Miami, Florida in May, while growling at the authorities when they tried to restrain him. It was strongly suspected that the 31-year-old was on bath salts, however, the Medical Examiner's office recently revealed that only marijuana was found in his system at the time of the attack.

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In the latest example, Murphy was deemed "not of sound mind or able to make her own decisions," by doctors after she was found rolling around on the shower floor appearing confused and unable to answer basic questions about her whereabouts, and staff decided she was on drugs that weren't given to her at the hospital.

When she gave police permission to search her belongings, they dismantled a black pen with residue of a substance inside as well as other signs of drug use, including a lighter and "silver 'Disco' package wrapped in medical tape containing a white substance," according to the report.

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Murphy was given the anti-psychotic drug Haldol by a nu