washington213
Since: Jan, 2013
myrdschaem
Since: Dec, 2010
EnglishIvy
Since: Aug, 2011
chihuahua0
Since: Jul, 2010
#5: Jan 20th 2011 at 9:23:48 AM
I think they only sold it in certain small stores so...the store owners might have know.
Whatever they could be used as real bath salts or not is the Paranoia Fuel part.
washington213
Since: Jan, 2013
#6: Jan 20th 2011 at 5:29:57 PM
Why would merchants let them be sold accidentally? Wouldn't they make sure that the customer was looking for drugs, just so that someone who discovered that they were soaking in heroin wouldn't go to the police?
Not really. You just buy them at the corner store, give the clerk your money, and yo go about your business. You won't be interrogated by the clerk. These aren't under the table deals, it's openly sold to anybody who wants some.
This is basically like spice/incense/potpouri (or legal marijuana for those who didn't know), but harder.
IronLion
Since: Feb, 2010
#8: Jan 21st 2011 at 2:39:27 AM
Unlike pot, these things should be taken off the street. I've heard these things are basically just one small step below meth.
Keep in mind that substances like this are created as a direct result of drugs being "taken off the street". If it was possible to legitimately buy MDMA or speed, nobody would bother with the current crop of legal highs.
Unless you drink the contents of your bathtub once you're finished in there, the "salts" are extremely unlikely to have any psychoactive effects on anyone who unwittingly uses them as such.
EnglishIvy
Since: Aug, 2011
IronLion
Since: Feb, 2010
Eriksson
Since: Dec, 1969
chihuahua0
Since: Jul, 2010
Total posts: 13

Here is just one of the articles about this issue: http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Bath-salts-now-illegal-113015794.html
Apparently, some people had been selling illegal drugs as bath salts for 25-50 dollars. They are under names like Bliss, Cloud Nine, Ivory Wave, and White Dove (the latter two names are similar to two companies who sell soap). Right now there's a crack-down on these "bath salts" by the government?
Paranoia Fuel, anyone?
In my opinion, this is a very clever way of evading the law. However, there had been many cases of injury, side effects, and suicides, and the fact that drugs are being selled as something as innocent as bath salts is scary.
Input?