Narcotic salts: action, signs of use, treatment for addiction Crimea, Simferopol, Sevastopol. Narcotic horror on the facades of houses in Feodosia Extraction of sea salt in Crimea

26.07.2023

Probably many who drove along the Simferopol-Evpatoria highway in Crimea saw the salt lake Sasyk-Sivash, which begins behind Saki and ends in front of Evpatoria itself. But not everyone knows that the lake is quite unique: pink sea salt, or, as it is also called, “live” salt, is mined here. There are only three similar lakes in the world: in the vicinity of Patagonia, San Francisco and the Red Sea. What is unique about this lake, as well as a little about how the useful mineral is mined, we will find out in today’s report.

Sasyk-Sivash is the largest lake and salt lake on the Crimean peninsula, with an area of 75 sq. km. The average depth of the lake is only 0.5 m, the greatest is 1.2 m. The name of the lake means “smelly mud” in Crimean Tatar.

1. Once upon a time, this place was a shallow sea bay. But years later, under the influence of wind and frequent winter storms, a sandbank formed, dividing the sea with the bay, which led to the formation of the salt lake Sasyk-Sivash. The unique characteristics of the lake are hidden at its bottom, which is medicinal mud and contains many useful microelements that give the salt “grown” here such valuable properties. One of the most noticeable and useful substances that make up local salt is BETA-carotene, it is this that gives it such an unusual pink hue and ensures a high level of vital activity of the human body.

The Chumaks began to extract salt here, who were then supplanted by the dynasty of the Geray khans. During the Soviet era, they decided to raise production to a new level and built an entire production complex here, called Solprom. During perestroika, part of the former power, of course, was lost and of the 8 working salt pools, only 4 remained in operation. But they are more than enough to provide a quality product not only to neighboring countries, but also to European consumers.

Salt production begins in winter by filling special preparation pools with seawater. In them, it undergoes a series of purifications, gains its density and turns into a saline solution or brine.

2. Then, the already prepared brine is pumped into the main production pool, where in the summer, under the influence of the scorching sun and strong wind, the water evaporates, and the same reddish layer of salt, 4 to 12 centimeters thick, forms at the bottom.

3. After the salt has “ripened”, which happens at the end of August, the salt harvester goes to work. The age of this outlandish equipment is almost 50 years, and its weight is about 25 tons. As local salt workers say, this machine has no analogues, so it is closely monitored and treasured like the apple of one’s eye.

4. Using special knives, the combine cuts off a layer of salt, which is immediately crushed and delivered to the trolleys along a conveyor belt.

5. Having filled the trolleys to the brim with a heap, the salt is transported to the shore along the laid narrow-gauge railway.

6. The trolleys are pulled by these interesting motor locomotives, somewhat reminiscent of the trains of the children's railway.

7. The mined salt is stored in the form of huge trapezoidal pyramids called piles. This is done so that the salt dries a little and becomes covered with a crust, which will protect it from external influences.

8. After the trolleys are unloaded, the process is repeated again. And so, layer by layer, salt is extracted throughout the fall. Over the course of a year, if the weather does not interfere, salt makers produce about 20 thousand tons of mineral.

9. The work of a salt maker is not easy. You have to work in harsh conditions of hot summer, under the scorching rays of the sun. A miniature narrow-gauge railway for trolleys is installed manually, without the help of machinery. During the working day, it has to be shifted several times in order to keep up with the moving combine.

10. Life is not easy for technology either: the aggressive salt environment literally eats metal to dust in a few years.

11. In total, about 20 crew members work at the fishery. Basically, these are old-timers who have remained since the founding of Solprom. And once upon a time there was a village of more than 200 people. The Saki chemical plant also worked next to Solprom, producing finished products from salt. Now in its place only walls remain.

12. Europe is now actively buying pink sea salt, since the Dead Sea has practically become “dead”, and table salt cannot be compared with this. In the West, table salt is used only for technical needs, and sea salt is used for food. With us, it’s the other way around: sea salts are packaged in expensive packaging and sold as exclusive bath salts, but we often eat table salts.

13. Therefore, the next time you go for salt, I recommend looking for our live pink salt from Lake Sasyk-Sivash. It is much healthier, more pleasant and tastier, although for some reason it costs more.

Now we are moving to places where salt mining has already closed.

15. Now, on the site of the former salt pools, only wooden posts and dry soil remain, strongly reminiscent of a desert, but it was this combination that attracted my attention.

16. Here you can walk for a long time, noticing interesting details, collecting various artifacts, if not for some nasty insects - huge black clouds of mosquitoes, ready to drink all your blood without a trace. The only thing that saves you from these bloodsuckers is covering yourself with protective cream from head to toe and complete silence, because as soon as you open your mouth, all this vile mass will immediately rush into it.

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Blogger Evgeniy Utkin writes:
Probably many who drove along the Simferopol-Evpatoria highway have seen the salt lake Sasyk-Sivash, which begins outside the city of Saki and ends in front of Evpatoria itself. But not everyone knows that this lake is quite unique; pink sea salt, or, as it is also called, “live” salt, is mined here. There are only three similar lakes in the world: in the vicinity of Patagonia, San Francisco and the Red Sea. Today I will tell you what is unique about this lake, as well as a little about how the useful mineral is mined.

Once upon a time, this place was a shallow sea bay. But years later, under the influence of wind and frequent winter storms, a sandbank formed, dividing the sea with the bay, which led to the formation of the salt lake Sasyk-Sivash. The unique characteristics of the lake are hidden at its bottom, which is medicinal mud and contains many useful microelements that give the salt “grown” here such valuable properties. One of the most noticeable and useful substances that make up local salt is beta-carotene, which gives it such an unusual pink hue and ensures a high level of vital activity of the human body.

The Chumaks began to extract salt here, who were then supplanted by the dynasty of Gerey khans. During the Soviet era, they decided to raise production to a new level and built an entire production complex here, called Solprom. During perestroika, part of the former power, of course, was lost; of the 8 working salt pools, only 4 remained in operation. But they are more than enough to provide a quality product not only to neighboring countries, but also to European consumers.

Salt production begins in winter by filling special preparation pools with seawater. In them, it undergoes a series of purifications, gains its density and turns into a saline solution or brine:

Then the prepared brine is pumped into the main production pool, where in the summer, under the influence of the scorching sun and strong wind, the water evaporates, and at the bottom the same reddish layer of salt, 4 to 12 centimeters thick, is formed:

After the salt has “ripened”, which usually happens at the end of August, the salt harvester goes to work. The age of this outlandish equipment is almost 50 years, and its weight is about 25 tons. As local salt workers say, this machine has no analogues, so it is closely monitored and treasured like the apple of one’s eye:

Using special knives, the combine cuts off a layer of salt, which is immediately crushed and delivered to the trolleys along a conveyor belt:

After the harvester fills the trolleys to the brim with mounds of salt, it is transported to the shore along the laid narrow-gauge railway:

The trolleys are pulled by these interesting motor locomotives, somewhat reminiscent of the trains of the children's railway:

The mined salt is stored in the form of huge pyramids called piles. This is done so that the salt dries out a little and becomes covered with a crust, which will protect it from external influences:

After the trolleys are unloaded, the process is repeated again. And so, layer by layer, salt is extracted throughout the fall. In a year, if the weather doesn’t interfere, salt makers produce about 20 thousand tons of the mineral.

The work of a salt worker is not an easy one. You have to work in harsh conditions of hot summer, under the scorching rays of the sun. The miniature narrow-gauge trolley track is installed manually, without the help of machinery. During the working day it has to be shifted several times in order to keep up with the moving combine:

Life is not easy for technology either; the aggressive salt environment literally eats metal to dust in a few years:

In total, about 20 people work at the fishery. These are mostly old-timers who have remained since the founding of Solprom. And once there was a village of more than 200 people. The Saki chemical plant also worked next to Solprom, producing finished products from salt. Now in its place only walls remain:

Europe is now actively buying pink sea salt, since the Dead Sea has practically become “dead”, and table salt cannot be compared with this. In the West, table salt is used only for technical needs, and sea salt is used for food. With us, it’s the other way around - sea salt is packaged in expensive packaging and sold as exclusive bath salts, but we often eat table salt.

Therefore, the next time you go for salt, I recommend looking for our live pink salt from Lake Sasyk-Sivash. It is much healthier, more pleasant and tastier, although for some reason it costs more:

And now a photo of those places where salt mining has already been closed. Now, on the site of the former salt pools, only wooden posts and dry soil remain, strongly reminiscent of a desert, but it was this combination that attracted my attention:

Here you can walk for a long time, noticing interesting details, collecting various artifacts, if not for one nasty insect. Huge, black clouds of mosquitoes are ready to drink all your blood without a trace. The only thing that saves you from these bloodsuckers is covering yourself with protective cream from head to toe and complete silence, because as soon as you open your mouth, all this vile mass will immediately rush into it, in general, there is not much that is pleasant.

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Modern teenagers and young people, aged 18 to 25 years, actively use mephedrone, which is a dangerous narcotic substance. In the lexicon of drug addicts, this drug is disguised under the simple name “bath salts.” Its appearance is actually identical to ordinary granules for bathing procedures, but the composition of the drug is full of chemical compounds that have a detrimental effect on the body. The crystallized drug is crushed into powder, thus creating a “legal salt.” Due to its very rapid effect, this drug is also called "speed". This drug is very popular, which is justified by its low cost.

Video salt, speed, legal: the whole truth about the drug from Ivan Miroshnichenko

The narcotic substance salt - what does salt use lead to?

According to scientific research, salt is a particularly toxic drug, its toxicity is 200 times higher than that of opiates, and the same level of amphetamine is 640 times less than that of salt.

The synthetic drug salt is the most dangerous drug, causing addiction after the first dose of use. The chemicals included in it have a serious effect on the human nervous and mental system. Irreversible processes occurring in the brain when a drug enters the body provoke degradation, aggression and irritability. The addict becomes uncontrollable, he cannot control his actions and therefore is often dangerous to others. Due to a sharp deterioration of memory and intelligence, a person loses his mental abilities.

The drug also acts on the pineal gland, the organ that produces serotonin. It is responsible for biorhythms and positive emotionality. As a result of such exposure, there is a risk of developing schizophrenia.

People addicted to salt suffer from chronic insomnia. Sometimes this condition continues for several days, which leads to extreme wear and tear of the body. Lack of sleep affects a person’s condition and health.

Consuming salt often leads to death. It is quite difficult to calculate the dosage of a drug, so each new dose of a drug addict may be the last. Consuming salt causes tachycardia, vomiting, dizziness; the addict may feel a sharp cold that instantly turns into heat. Trembling of the limbs and shaking of the whole body are often observed. A feeling of fear and persecution mania is formed in the mind of a drug addict. The consequences of consuming salt are very dangerous and severe, and the chances of sudden death are quite high.

Salt addiction - how to understand that your loved one is using salt?

Synthetic salt, which contains a lot of toxic components, causes characteristic symptoms that can easily be used to determine the use of this drug.

You can understand that a person close to you has become addicted to salt by the following symptoms:

A person’s speech becomes meaningless, it is difficult for him to think and think. His mental reactions become inhibited, the addict cannot make decisions and conduct a conversation on serious topics;
Hallucinations, unfounded psychoses, hysteria, and delusional states are often observed;
A person dependent on salt is always in a state of anger and malice, joyful emotions and good qualities completely disappear;
Sometimes in a conversation with a drug addict you can hear thoughts about suicide;
A person who regularly uses drugs often commits criminal acts, theft is especially common, since he simply needs money for daily doses. In addition, the drug addict’s large debts are noticed;
The look becomes meaningless and empty;
After taking the dose, the addict refuses to eat, begins to behave very actively, and does not sleep for a long time. When speaking, he seems to swallow words, so the speech of a drug addict is difficult for others to perceive;
Often he looks for a place for solitude, which is justified by his internal fears and mania of persecution.

How to get rid of drug salt addiction?

It is impossible to convince a salt addict to undergo treatment and stop using it. Even during periods of severe withdrawal, he is drawn to a new dose, which at such moments seems to him to be the only salvation for survival. The longer the period of salt use, the higher the likelihood of death, which can occur not only as a result of an overdose, but also due to cardiac arrest, as well as due to failure of other internal organs. Only qualified narcologists who use complex therapy in their practice can save a drug addict from certain death.

A competent medical approach makes it possible to achieve a complete recovery:

First of all, detoxification is carried out, which involves cleansing the body of toxic narcotic elements;
Further, psychological techniques are used to convince people to quit the drug;
Doctors use an individual and friendly approach to each patient;
Taking into account the characteristics of the body, the treating narcologist selects an effective course of prescriptions.

At the end of drug treatment, the drug addict needs psychological help. Systematic consumption of salt leads to complex mental disorders, and to eliminate them, we recommend that you undergo competent rehabilitation at the Flagman center. The psychological recovery program provides a comprehensive approach; we use the best treatment methods to guarantee complete cessation of the use of dangerous drugs. Rehabilitation takes place in stationary conditions, on the territory of the city of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea. Comfortable living conditions in the center, as well as the warm attitude of the staff involved, allow a drug-addicted young man to believe in the best and understand that his life is worth much more than the temporary pleasure of harmful salt. Call us, we are ready to help everyone!

More and more often you can find young people aged 20 to 30 years and teenagers who are addicted to mephedrone. Among drug addicts, a common name for the drug is “bath salts.” Visually, we can say that there is a similarity, since this chemical drug has the form of granules. Before using, the drug addict grinds the drug into powder and receives the “legal” salt. There is another equally popular name for this synthetic substance - “speed”, this name comes from the rapid effect of euphoria. Salts have also become popular due to the fact that their cost is affordable among the young population.

The narcotic substance salt - what does the use of salts lead to?

Scientists have repeatedly conducted research on this narcotic substance, and have come to the conclusion that the toxicity of salt is two hundred times higher than that of opiates and approximately 650 times more destructive than amphetamines.

As a result of such data, salt is a drug recognized as the most dangerous and harmful throughout the world. For a person, one time is enough to become addicted to doping drugs, since the structure of the brain is not able to cope with the effects of salt and irreversible changes occur. The effect of salt is such that the person who has consumed it is unable to control himself, his actions become aggressive, and he degrades as a person. Over time, serious memory problems begin and signs of dementia appear.

Also, the effect of the drug negatively affects the pineal gland, which is responsible for the production of serotonin, disrupting a person’s biorhythms and his emotional state.

The production of serotonin in large doses destroys human nerve cells. If treatment is not started in time, the development of schizophrenia is inevitable!

There are a lot of side effects from synthetic salt: sleep disturbance is one of them, it leads to constant insomnia. Drug addiction causes severe excitability, as a result of which the addict may not sleep for a week, although this is rare, usually sleep is lost for several days. Severe emotional and physical exhaustion occurs, leading to serious disruptions in the functioning of the body.

Quite often, a drug addict cannot correctly calculate the dose of the drug, and as a result, an overdose occurs with a fatal outcome. Hallucinations, in the form of constant persecution, attacks of panic and fear are frequent companions during the period of salt consumption. Physically, a drug addict experiences rapid heartbeat, vomiting, headaches, and severe dizziness; in addition, chills may occur.

Salt addiction - how to understand that your loved one is using salt?

It is not difficult to understand that a person is addicted to drugs, as there are characteristic signs for this. Pay attention to a person’s actions; if they differ from his daily life, then you should think about the reasons.

You should be seriously concerned about the following signs:

You won’t be able to overcome addiction on your own; to do this, you need to seek help. Even relatives rarely manage to convey to a drug addict that he has an addiction and needs help. Narcotic salt is a means of survival for a drug addict; he does not want to give up his addiction. That is why you need professional help to help save your loved one. Contact a specialist immediately, every day is important, as the risk of death from the development of incurable diseases, a heart attack or other consequences of drug use increases every day.

Our rehabilitation center is located in the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, offering drug addicts step-by-step assistance in rehabilitation and returning to a healthy life. The program used by the center has already proven itself over the many years of work of the center.

A competent medical approach makes it possible to achieve a complete recovery:

First of all, the drug addict needs to undergo a medical detoxification course, all toxins and poisons should be removed from the body;
Next, a motivational conversation is held, during which the psychologist conveys the importance of undergoing treatment, followed by rehabilitation;
It is conveyed to the resident that the principle of recovery is based on complete respect, the dependent person must know that no one is judging or blaming him;
An individual approach based on a unique program at the center helps to achieve complete abstinence from the use of narcotic salt.

Drug treatment is only the beginning on the path to recovery; psychological rehabilitation at the center is no less important. Experienced specialists conduct psychological trainings aimed at restoring the personality of a drug addict, changing his thinking, and developing new life principles. Rehabilitation takes place in Crimea and Sevastopol in a comfortable center where there is everything necessary for a full recovery. Request a call right now and our staff will definitely contact you!

Salt production begins in winter by filling special preparation pools with seawater. In them, it undergoes a series of purifications, gains its density and turns into a saline solution or brine.

3. After the salt has “ripened”, which happens at the end of August, the salt harvester goes to work. The age of this outlandish technology is almost 50 years, and its weight is about 25 tons. As local salt workers say, this machine has no analogues, so it is closely monitored and treasured like the apple of one’s eye.

4. Using special knives, the combine cuts off a layer of salt, which is immediately crushed and delivered to the trolleys along a conveyor belt.

5. Having filled the trolleys to the brim with a heap, the salt is transported to the shore along the laid narrow-gauge railway.

6. The trolleys are pulled by these interesting motor locomotives, somewhat reminiscent of the trains of the children's railway.

10. Life is not easy for technology either: the aggressive salt environment literally eats metal to dust in a few years.

Now we are moving to places where salt mining has already closed.

15. Now, on the site of the former salt pools, only wooden posts and dry soil remain, strongly reminiscent of a desert, but it was this combination that attracted my attention.