The main thing being that it's not an illegaly manufactured drug, it's a research chemical, RC's don't come through the various channels so it should curb the influx of this crap.
The scrotum story is untrue, it was a snippet off the sun website that the prohibitionists picked up and ran with. most of the isolated incidents you hear about have been embellished to some degree.
I get the impression most people don't understand what this stuff is and to be honest, if you don't know what you're firing up your coke chute, then you probably shouldn't be doing it.