Unlike traditional cosmetic bath salts, which are packed and sold for dissolving to bath water for soaking and cleaning, drugs sold as "bath salts" have no lawful use for bathing and are intended for substance abuse.
More details in the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) report you can see here.
"Bath salts," not to be misguided for the product that goes in bath water, are a synthetic drug available legally at General stores and head shops around the US. Medical experts say the powders can be smoked, ingested, or snorted.
Through March 22, 2011, poison control centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia reported phone calls related to "bath salts." By April 6, centers had received 5 times more "bath salts" calls in 2011 than in 2010.
Of note, nearly half the patients had a history of serious mental illness (eg, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or depression) in their medical records, and 16 of 17 patients with drug test results were positive for drugs other than those in the "bath salts."
Bath salts' is only a step away from being illegal in Texas
"I heard about it through your newscast and it disturbed me," said Garnet Coleman the State Representative.
Representative Coleman introduced a bill that would ban the chemical psychedelic drugs bath salts. The product is also sold under the names Cloud 9, White Lightning and Ivory Wave.
Coleman's bill has made it all the way to the Governor's desk to be signed.
Below is a list of punishments for possession, manufacturing and delivering.
If approved, offenders with less than one gram on them would be charged state jail felony and could earn 180 days to two years in prison. Possessing between one and four grams would be a felony and punishable 3 to 20 years in prison.
Offenders carrying between 4 and 400 grams could get between 5 and 99 years in prison. Someone having more than 400 grams could face imprisonment for life or for a term between 10 and 99 years.
If signed, the bill will go into effect in September 2011.
More details in the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) report you can see here."Bath salts," not to be misguided for the product that goes in bath water, are a synthetic drug available legally at General stores and head shops around the US. Medical experts say the powders can be smoked, ingested, or snorted.
Through March 22, 2011, poison control centers in 45 states and the District of Columbia reported phone calls related to "bath salts." By April 6, centers had received 5 times more "bath salts" calls in 2011 than in 2010.
Of note, nearly half the patients had a history of serious mental illness (eg, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or depression) in their medical records, and 16 of 17 patients with drug test results were positive for drugs other than those in the "bath salts."
Bath salts' is only a step away from being illegal in Texas
"I heard about it through your newscast and it disturbed me," said Garnet Coleman the State Representative.
Representative Coleman introduced a bill that would ban the chemical psychedelic drugs bath salts. The product is also sold under the names Cloud 9, White Lightning and Ivory Wave.
Coleman's bill has made it all the way to the Governor's desk to be signed.
Below is a list of punishments for possession, manufacturing and delivering.
If approved, offenders with less than one gram on them would be charged state jail felony and could earn 180 days to two years in prison. Possessing between one and four grams would be a felony and punishable 3 to 20 years in prison.
Offenders carrying between 4 and 400 grams could get between 5 and 99 years in prison. Someone having more than 400 grams could face imprisonment for life or for a term between 10 and 99 years.
If signed, the bill will go into effect in September 2011.
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