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WARNING FROM DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA)
DEA Moves to Emergency Control Synthetic Stimulants
SOURCE: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) — 9/07/2011
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is using its emergency scheduling authority to temporarily control three synthetic stimulants (Mephedrone , 3,4 methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and Methylone).  »  READ MORE

WARNING FROM POISON CONTROL CENTER
U.S. Poison Centers Raise Alarm about Toxic Substance Marketed as Bath Salts; States Begin Taking Action [PDF]
SOURCE: American Association of Poison Control Centers — 4/20/2011
A dangerous new drug being marketed as bath salts is sending dozens of Louisianians to the hospital. Since late September, hospital emergency rooms in every region of the state have treated 84 people for paranoia, hallucinations, tachycardia, agitation, hypertension, chest pain, headache and suicidal thoughts.  »  READ MORE

U.S. Poison Centers Raise Alarm About Toxic Substance
Marketed as 'Bath Salts'
SOURCE: US Poison Control Center Press Release — 12/21/2010
Doctors and clinicians at U.S. poison centers are increasingly concerned about products marketed as bath salts that are causing increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions.   »  READ MORE

WARNING FROM LOUSIANA DEPT. OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS
Chemicals Marketed as Bath Salts are Becoming Dangerous New Drug
SOURCE: Department of Health & Hospitals, State of Lousiana — 12/21/2010
A dangerous new drug being marketed as bath salts is sending dozens of Louisianians to the hospital. Since late September, hospital emergency rooms in every region of the state have treated 84 people for paranoia, hallucinations, tachycardia, agitation, hypertension, chest pain, headache and suicidal thoughts.  »  READ MORE

WARNING FROM NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER
(U.S. Dept of Justice)
Increasing Abuse of Bath Salts
SOURCE: National Drug Intelligence Center, U.S. Dept. of Justice — 12/17/2010
Law enforcement officials throughout the country are reporting that products promoted as bath salts have become prevalent as a drug of abuse. Bath salts have recently appeared in some of the same retail outlets that previously sold synthetic cannabinoid products such as K2 and Spice, and also are available via the Internet.  »  READ MORE

Kentucky Regional Poison Center Alert: "White Lightning"
SOURCE: Kentucky Regional Poison Center — Kosair Children's Hospital
We have recently seen cases of a relatively new substance of abuse referred to as "White Lightning" (Insect Repellent) or "White Knight" (Bath Salts) - also known as "Red Dove."   »  READ MORE

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Governor Jindal bans 'bath salts' statewide
SOURCE: KADN News, Mandeville, LA — 1/6/2010
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal joined Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein, St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain and other law enforcement officials to announce that a series of dangerous chemicals being marketed as "bath salts"...  »  READ MORE

VIDEO: New Orleans - Emergency Ban On Fake Bath Salts
SOURCE: WDSU News, New Orleans, LA — 1/6/2010
Heath Allan reports on '"bath salts" with names "White Dove" and "Cloud 9."  »  READ MORE

Public officials warn against snorting bath salts to get high
SOURCE: LJL World News, Lawrence, KS — 1/6/2010
Now public health officials are warning about the latest legal way to get high: snorting bath salts.  »  READ MORE

Chemical in fake bath salts seized at Port of New Orleans
SOURCE: WWLTV News, New Orleans, LA — 12/30/2010
Laboratory tests confirm a substance seized by Customs agents in November at the Port of New Orleans is a synthetic drug similar to cocaine or methamphetamine, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection  »  READ MORE

Dangerous drugs sold in Kentuckiana gas stations
SOURCE: WDRB FOX News, Lousiville, KY — 12/28/2010
Dangerous new drugs are being sold as fake bath salts, fake fertilizer or fake insect repellent - and sending drug abusers to emergency rooms around the country.   »  READ MORE

Drugs disguised as bath salts may be to blame for rash of poisonings, deaths
SOURCE: NBCAction News, Salina, KS — 12/24/2010
Dangerous new drugs are being sold as fake bath salts, fake fertilizer or fake insect repellent - and sending drug abusers to emergency rooms around the country.   »  READ MORE

Abuse Of Fake 'Bath Salts' Sends Dozens To ER. Mo. Poison Centers
Receive 10 Calls In 1 Week
SOURCE: KMBC News, New Orleans, LA — 12/23/2010
Dangerous new drugs are being sold as fake bath salts, fake fertilizer or fake insect repellent - and sending drug abusers to emergency rooms around the country.   »  READ MORE

Chemicals marketed as bath salts becoming dangerous new drug
SOURCE: FOX 8 Live, New Orleans, LA — 12/21/2010
The Department of Health and Hospitals along with various local law enforcement agencies want to warn people about what's happening. The Louisiana Poison Center is now getting 4 or 5 calls a day about the drug.  »  READ MORE

Kids Getting High with Meth-Substitute 'Bath' Salt
SOURCE: KSAZ FOX News, Phoenix, AZ — 12/14/2010
Another legal high comes from a certain kind of bath salt, meant to give a meth-like high. While it's labeled "not for human consumption," more and more people are consuming it.   »  READ MORE

Sheriff warns of “Ivory Wave”
SOURCE: WPRS News, Terre Haute, IN — 12/13/2010
First spice, now Ivory Wave. The Vigo County Sheriff is warning residents of a new legal drug growing in popularity across the nation.  »  READ MORE

Legal, meth-like products pose new threat
SOURCE: ELY News, Ely, NV — 12/10/2010
Like their spice counterparts, the meth-like products, sold under names such as "Roadrunner" and "Ivory Wave," are also labeled not for human consumption.  »  READ MORE

DA, Sheriff warn parents about potent 'bath salt drug'
SOURCE: NOLA News, New Orleans, LA — 12/6/2010
At least one young man in St. Tammany Parish and another in St. Martin Parish committed suicide shortly after getting high from ingesting a synthetic chemical sold as Cloud Nine High Quality Bath Salt and White Dove, law enforcement officials warned Monday.  »  READ MORE

Legal amphetamine sneaking into north Texas under guise of bath salts
SOURCE: CBSDFW News, Dallas, TX — 11/30/2010
North Texas health officials are concerned about a currently legal chemical that has begun surfacing in stores and online in the form of bath salts.  »  READ MORE

Bath Salt or Synthetic Drugs?
SOURCE: KALB News, Alexandria, MO — 11/29/2010
A new trend is hitting the streets and it has both doctors and police worried. First we heard about fake marijuana...now a product that mimics cocaine is available at gas stations in Cenla—and there is no age limit to buy it. Cloud 9 is sold in some gas stations and it is being used to get high.  »  READ MORE

VIDEO: "Legal High" May Already Be Banned
SOURCE: FOX2 News, St. Louis, MO — 11/24/2010
Missouri law may already ban a substance first exposed by Fox 2. A former drug user first alerted us to novelty bath salts that he called "10 times stronger than cocaine."  »  READ MORE

Legal doesn't mean safe
SOURCE: New-Press Now, St. Joseph, MO — 11/21/2010
Former drug addict Jarrod Moody's demeanor quickly began to change, and within two weeks, he was dead - he had taken his own life.  »  READ MORE

Lawmaker considers banning Ivory Wave
SOURCE: KSL News, Salt Lake City, UT — 11/16/2010
On Wednesday, lawmakers will be meeting to discuss potential legislation to ban Spice, a marijuana-like synthetic. Now, the sponsor of that bill is interested in stopping Ivory Wave as well.   »  READ MORE

VIDEO: Family, Police Fight Against 'Bath Salts' As Legal Drug
SOURCE: KCTV News, St. Joseph MO — 11/16/2010
Packaged and advertised as bath salts in quantities no larger than a tea bag, police in one Missouri city are trying to lead the effort against a "legal high" after one man died after using the substance.  »  READ MORE

Ivory Wave imitators starting to surface in Utah
SOURCE: KSL News, Salt Lake City, UT — 11/16/2010
It's the latest "legal" high to show up on store shelves in Utah, and now it appears there are homegrown versions of "Ivory Wave" surfacing as well.   »  READ MORE

Bath salt creates a high when snorted, and it's legal
SOURCE: KSL News, Salt Lake City, UT — 11/15/2010
A new drug has emerged in the form of bath salts. People are snorting it for its amphetamine-like high, and it's legal. It's called Ivory Wave and it's sold online and in smoke shops; a small pack sells for about $30.  »  READ MORE

Ivory Wave is a bath salt that creates a high when snorted
SOURCE: Desert News, Salt Lake City, UT — 11/15/2010
Bath salts don't usually cost $30 for 200 miligrams, yet some Utahns are paying through the nose for a product called "Ivory Wave" in order to get high.   »  READ MORE

Miss. sheriff calls for ban of bath salts
SOURCE: KNOE News, Fulton, MI — 11/14/2010
Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickinson says Mississippi lawmakers should ban a bath salt called Ivory Wave Salts, or Ivory, because people are using it to get high.  »  READ MORE

Ivory Wave; Synthetic cocaine linked to Missouri death
SOURCE: KMOX News, St. Louis, MO — 11/14/2010
You've heard of fake pot. Now there's a new warning about the deadly health risks of a type of fake cocaine.  »  READ MORE

VIDEO: Parents, Police Warn About Dangers of 'Ivory Wave'
SOURCE: KCMO FOX News, Kansas City, MO — 11/9/2010
It comes in small packages that simply read "Bath Salts." But authorities say that a new drug known as "Ivory Wave" is making it's way across Missouri.  »  READ MORE

Authorities warn of new drug at convenience stores
SOURCE: WBRZ FOX News, Baton Rouge, LA — 11/8/2010
It comes in small packages that simply read "Bath Salts." But authorities say that a new drug known as "Ivory Wave" is making it's way across Missouri.  »  READ MORE

Users seek 'bath salts' high
SOURCE: Beaumont News, Beaumont, TX — 11/2/2010
Bath salts apparently aren't being used just to make bath time more fun anymore.  »  READ MORE

Plant Food the New Recreational Drug of Choice
SOURCE: Examiner News, Detroit, MI — 10/27/2010
The newest most popular drug to hit the party scene today giving hallucinogenic producing feelings of elation, much like cocaine and not illegal at all to purchase.  »  READ MORE

Household item sparks new drug
SOURCE: WTVA News, Tupolo, MO — 10/21/2010
Now, this addicition wasn't coming from a well-known drug, but rather a bath salt. This new drug-use is even effecting a local family.  »  READ MORE

Police Say They Can't Confiscate Some Synthetic Drugs
SOURCE: WSMV News, Nashville, TN — 10/11/2010
Dangerous, synthetic substitutes for illegal drugs are being sold over the counter at the corner store. Tennessee banned some of them but the Channel 4 I-Team found that others are back for sale and more potent than ever.  »  READ MORE

2 friends may have died using drugs (Mephedrone)
SOURCE: Charolette Observer News, Raleigh, NC — 10/9/2010
Two college-age friends found dead on a Hillsborough Street fire escape last week may have taken Mephedrone, a little-known designer drug often called "meow-meow" that is frequently marketed online as plant food, Raleigh police said.  »  READ MORE

"Legal highs" from bath salts and synthetic marijuana hit Bismarck
SOURCE: Bismark Observer News, Bismark, NC — 2/24/2010
Law enforcement officers in the Bismarck area have reported people using legal substances that mimic the effects of illegal drugs.  »  READ MORE

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"Bath salts" stimulants prompt state bans
SOURCE: American Medial News — 4/11/2011
At least eight states have outlawed synthetic chemicals commonly found in the party drugs, which can cause extreme paranoia, hallucinations and violent behavior..  »  READ MORE

Mississippi: State lawmakers work to ban drug sold as "bath salt"
SOURCE: WLOX News, Jackson, MS — 1/10/2010
The state could soon ban a dangerous drug being sold as bath salts in local stores. Republican Senators Michael Watson and Sidney Albritton have authored bills to outlaw the salts.  »  READ MORE

Louisiana: Governor Jindal targets narcotics
SOURCE: The Adiertiser News, Baton Rouge, LA — 1/7/2010
Anyone possessing, selling, making or abusing fake bath salts and plant food that are actually drugs in disguise could soon end up in jail.  »  READ MORE

Louisiana: 'Bath salts' that were used as drugs outlawed by state of Louisana
SOURCE: THETOWNTALK News, Alexandria, LA — 1/7/2010
Several chemicals that are packaged as bath salts or for household use were classified as controlled substances by state officials Thursday, making it illegal to sell, distribute or possess them.  »  READ MORE

WV City Bans Synthetic Cocaine
SOURCE: WHSV News, Huntington, WV — 12/28/2010
Sales of a synthetic drug that mimics the effects of cocaine are now illegal in Huntington. The city council banned the sale or possession of the drug Monday night. The move follows similar action taken recently against synthetic marijuana.  »  READ MORE

CBP Intercepts 13 Pounds of "MPDV"
SOURCE: Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Press Release, New Orleans, LA — 12/28/2010
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in New Orleans targeted a shipment found to contain substances that have been sending drug abusers to emergency rooms with nasty effects.  »  READ MORE

Western Kentucky Legislation targets growing use of synthetic meth
SOURCE: Hearald News, Frankfurt, KY — 12/22/2010
Democratic Rep. John Tilley of Hopkinsville, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, prefiled legislation this week that would make manufacturing or trafficking MDPV a Class A misdemeanor. Those arrested for possession could face a Class B misdemeanor.  »  READ MORE

Hawaii Notice of Scheduling: Emergency Scheduling of MDPV and more Chemicals in Spice [PDF]
SOURCE: Hawaii Narcotics Enforcement Division, Honolulu, HI — 11/30/2010
In accordance with provisions set forth in Chapter 329-11(e) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, Emergency Scheduling Authority the Administrator of the Narcotics Enforcement Division is emergency scheduling the substance 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) as a Schedule I hallucinogenic substances by placing it in Section 329-14(d) Hawaii Revised Statues.  »  READ MORE

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