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warn against ‘spice’ drug

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials say a form of synthetic marijuana known as “spice” has caused at least a half-dozen cases of sudden kidney failure in Oregon and southwest Washington since May. The Oregon Health Authority says experts are analyzing samples of synthetic marijuana to find the toxin that triggered the injuries. The agency has also asked doctors across ... Read More »

Troubleshooter: Cops can’t stop store from selling spice

CLARKSVILLE, IN (WAVE) – A dangerous drug is being sold right out in the open right in the heart of Kentuckiana. The WAVE 3 Troubleshooter Department went undercover to expose how one local business is getting away with it and why police have not been able to stop it. Business is booming at one of southern Indiana’s hottest new locations, ... Read More »

Attention All Readers – You Must Know

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 »

Synthetic Drug Ring In Allentown Busted By DEA

Thats right 15 people were arrested in bust of alleged synthetic drugs operation run from Allentown warehouse. NORRISTOWN, Montgomery County — The inventory in an old east Allentown warehouse was a drug user’s paradise: rows and rows of colorful glass smoking bongs, boxes holding thousands of grinders and scales, hundreds of rolling papers and about $200,000. For store owners in ... Read More »

Bath salts’ popularity points to dangerous trend

The new drug hit Batavia’s youth like the plague. A piercing artist at Affliction Tattoo shop, Eric Betz, had seen his fair share of stoned, high and tripping substance abusers. But nothing like the girl he saw in the park next to his house smashing her head into a cement wall. “Ever see Batman?” he asked. “They act like the ... Read More »

Rudy Eugene’s Toxicology Report: Experts speculate on what caused ‘face-chewing’ attack

CBS/AP) MIAMI – Experts are still speculating about what may have caused Rudy Eugene’s face-chewing attack on Ronald Poppo in Miami last month. A toxicology report on Wednesday failed to find “bath salts” and other major street drugs in Eugene’s system. Pictures: Fla. police identify “face-eating” naked man The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner said in a news release that the ... Read More »

Senator Griffo and Assemblyman Braunstein unveil anti-bath salts bill to toughen penalties

State Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R/C/IP -Rome), supported by Assemblyman Edward C. Braunstein (D-Bayside),have unveiled new legislation designed to meet the rising use of the drugs with legislation that will help protect the public. The legislation is also supported by Assemblyman Anthony J. Brindisi (D/WF/IP-Utica), in response to an escalation of bath salts use in his district. “In 2011, we ... 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 »

ICE participates in nationwide synthetic drug takedown

ICE participates in nationwide synthetic drug takedown   WASHINGTON – More than 90 individuals were arrested and approximately five million packets of finished designer synthetic drugs were seized in the first-ever nationwide law enforcement action against the synthetic designer drug industry responsible for the production and sale of synthetic drugs that are often marketed as bath salts, Spice, incense, or ... Read More »

The battle against bath salts

People are inventing so many new, legal ways to get high that lawmakers can’t keep up. So law enforcers are taking new steps to target these synthetic drugs. Those steps include coordinated raids. The latest was Wednesday, when federal agents arrested more than 90 people in a nationwide sweep of synthetic drug producers, distributors and retailers — including a number ... Read More »

Drugs Stay Legal After ‘Bath Salts’ Ban

AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Chris Knight It’s the same old story.  People making up new ways to get high while lawmakers attempt to catch up to the ever-changing, ever-growing drug culture. Over the past two years, the U.S. has seen a surge in the use of synthetic drugs made of legal chemicals that mimic the dangerous effects of cocaine, amphetamines and ... Read More »

Middletown man high on bath salts threatens to burn down local house

MIDDLETOWN — A city man was charged with second-degree unlawful restraint after allegedly snorting bath salts and saying he would burn down a house, police report. Daniel Ventre, 28, 64 Pearl St., was also charged with third-degree assault. He was issued a summons for the charges and police reported completing an emergency committal form to have Ventre admitted to the ... 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 »

For hospital workers, bath salts problems grow

Police remove boxes of evidence from Tebb’s Headshop on North Salina Street in Syracuse, N.Y., part of a statewide effort to target shops suspected of selling illegal synthetic drugs like bath salts, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. Federal, state and local law enforcement fanned out across the state today to raid shops suspected of selling illegal synthetic drugs, including “bath salts,” ... Read More »

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