NY health commissioner bans sale of “bath salts”

May 24, 2011

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The Wall Street Journal (NY)

By Associated Press

"New York State Health Commissioner Nirav Sha is issuing an order to ban the sale of a substance sold as bath salts that packs as much punch as cocaine or methamphetamines when abused."

"The amphetamine-type substance is resulting in hundreds of hospitalizations nationwide. ..."

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