MIAMI — A naked man shot and killed by Miami police on Saturday when he reportedly refused to stop eating the face of another man wearing only a shirt may have been high on bath salts.Police have theorized that the “cannibal man,” Rudy Eugene, may have been hallucinating as a result of a drug-induced mania, according to reports.

Eugene may have suffered from an overdose of bath salts, which some have described as the “new LSD” and are pushed as having properties similar to cocaine and methamphetamine on users, reports said. The drug causes the body to heat up, making some people strip off their clothes, the Miami Herald reported.

The sale of bath salts has been banned in 20 states, including Maine, after police and emergency rooms throughout Maine reported an increase in aggression and violent behavior caused by bath salts.

Maine Governor Paul LePage, who signed a bill banning bath salts last September, said that he hopes the policy “will help to stem an “epidemic” of the drug’s abuse.”   

Sun Journal staff contributed to this report.