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First i would like to thank each and every reader that has made our blog one of the largest if not the largest for herbal incense and bath salt reviews and news. I have had so many emails these past 2 months asking me if you can buy herbal incense products from me. I just dont have time to email ... Read More »

Pinellas officials considering banning bath salts and some incenses

In their latest salvo in the on-going struggle against synthetic marijuana, Pinellas County officials are seeking to ban the sale of bath salts and certain herbal incense products. The proposed ordinance is an attempt to close the loophole created when Florida banned more than 90 chemicals used in synthetic marijuana. County officials said that by the time those products were ... Read More »

Local police ‘bracing’ for bath salts in region

WEST BRIDGEWATER — AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Chris Knight Bath salts, in this case synthetic cocaine, are part of a new and highly dangerous generation of drugs that have begun to make an appearance locally. If East Bridgewater Detective Michael Jenkins catches a suspect in town with the dangerous synthetic drug known as “bath salts,” he can’t criminally charge the person. ... Read More »

Bath salt incident draws police to Taunton Burger King

Taunton — Police say an incident over the weekend at a local fast food restaurant illustrates the growing menace of so-called bath salts. The synthetic designer drug, when smoked, snorted or injected, provides a cocaine or amphetamine-like intoxication that can cause hallucinations and paranoia. Previously popular in Europe, the drug is sometimes sold domestically “under the counter” by unscrupulous convenience ... Read More »

‘Bath Salts’ A Deadly New Drug

Bath Salts, sold in small packets with names like “Blue Wave,” “Cloud Nine,” and “White Lady,” are the newest — and scariest — designer drug. (Image of legitimate bath salts via Wikipedia) Can the headlines really have it right?  Is there really a new drug that makes people so violent they bite each others’ faces off? I wish this was ... Read More »

Teens and Drugs – K2 and Spice are Banned, but What Fix is Next?

  “Drug du jour K2 is now illegal in Michigan. But that doesn’t mean parents can rest easy. What’s at the heart of teen drug use? And what can families and communities do?”   Nearly two years ago, Bill Miskokomon began noticing a dramatic shift in his 16-year-old son’s personality. “He was not the kid I knew at all,” the ... Read More »

Legal but Dangerous: Synthetic drug causing problems in Casa Grande

The “spice” container reads: “Warning This Product is Not For Human Consumption.” It’s marketed as incense, herbs or potpourri, but you won’t find it at your local home or candle store. You’ll find this spice at the local convenience and liquor stores, gas stations and smoke shops.The problem with this dangerous drug is so big that President Barack Obama signed ... Read More »

Melbourne Cloud 9, K2, bath salts raid part of nationwide sting

WFTV learned new information on raids aimed at seizing legal products that double as dangerous drugs. On Wednesday in Melbourne, Drug Enforcement Administration agents seized hundreds of Cloud 9 packets, one of several designer drugs sold as incense, bath salts or plant food. WFTV learned the raid, called Operation Log-Jam, was part of a nationwide sting. Brevard County deputies raided a ... Read More »

Bath Salts Problem Grows, Drug Counselors Say They Have Their Hands Full

  The drug landscape is changing all across the country.  No longer are people just relying on what comes from the Earth. They’re smoking, inhaling and shooting what chemists make in the lab.  They’re producing marijuana or bath salts. There was a major bust around the country by the Drug Enforcement Agency.  Investigators found $59 million worth of synthetic marijuana ... Read More »

DEA Cracks Down on Synthetic Designer Drugs

The Drug Enforcement Agency has seized more than $36 million in cash and arrested nearly 100 people in a nationwide crackdown on synthetic designer drugs. The drugs, with names like K2, Spice, and Bath Salts are among the newest drugs of choice in cities across the United States. DEA agent James Burns said, “This stuff, in the DEA’s eyes, is ... Read More »

Synthetic Marijuana is ‘Dangerous Stuff’

In the wake of raids on a dozen Washington County businesses selling the drug, Dr. Neil Capretto of Gateway Rehabilitation said the problem is ‘everywhere.’   Dr. Neil Capretto said one patient who came intoGateway Rehabilitation called the synthetic pot he was smoking “like marijuana on steroids.” In the wake of a raid of a dozen Washington County businesses that were ... Read More »

Spice Drug puts mom in hospital for 10 days

HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) – A major designer drug crackdown across the nation led to 91 arrests and more than $36 million seized by the DEA. Here in West Michigan, Michigan State Police troopers raided hundreds of stores after Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill banning synthetic marijuana or any drugs like it in June. But just one week before he did, Sheri ... Read More »

DEA: 31-state bust for bath salts, synthetic marijuana

DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart announcing a nationwide bust for synthetic drugs, at DEA headquarters in Arlington, Va., Thursday, July 26, 2012 (Credit: AP Photo/Cliff Owen) (CBS/AP) WASHINGTON – More than $36 million in cash was seized and 91 people in 31 states were arrested in a nationwide crackdown on “designer drugs” such as synthetic marijuana and bath salts. Agents of ... Read More »

Law expands illegal synthetic drugs

ST. PAUL – More synthetic drugs will be illegal under a law taking effect Wednesday, and a state agency will be able to act faster to make newly developed versions illegal. Still, as makers of the so-called “designer drugs” continue to change chemical formulas to skirt the law, there will be lags between when a new drug is released and ... Read More »

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