Popularity of “bath salts” exploding

“'Bath salts' are exploding in popularity around the country, and alarming health and law enforcement officials, the Star Tribune reports. The synthetic drugs are inexpensive, easy to find and sometimes mistakenly perceived as a mostly harmless alternative to other drugs."

"On September 7, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced it is temporarily banning three synthetic stimulants that are sold as bath salts. The ban makes it illegal to possess and sell these chemicals or the products that contain them. The newspaper reports at least 30 states have already banned bath salt chemicals, but they remain widely available on the Internet. ..."

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