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Maryland - Federal Agents Uncover Illegal Bath Salts Operation
#14534258 - 05/30/11 02:55 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/194385/81/Federal-Agents-Uncover-Illegal-Bath-Salts-Operation
NEW MARKET, Md. (WJZ)-Growing problem. The feds raid a storage shed in Maryland and uncover an illegal bath salts operation.
Weijia Jiang explains what bath salts are and how easy it is for your children to get their hands on it.
Police say they not only found the drug, they found it being packaged right in the heart of small town New Market.
Inside a unit at a New Market storage facility, federal drug agents seize a large amount of the latest fad in designer drugs. They're called bath salts.
"I would think 'Calgon, take me away,' there's no way I'd think about drugs in New Market," said Raimi Kellner, of New Market.
The white powder can pack a punch as powerful as cocaine with the same health risks.
"From speeded up heart rates to hypertension, high blood pressure, mania, panic attacks, even potentially heart attack and cardiac arrest," said Peter Beilenson, Howard County health officer.
And even death.
Thirty-one-year-old Joey Baldwin's family says he was hooked.
"If you're doing the stuff, stop it," said James Baldwin, victim's father. "And if you haven't done it, don't. That's all I can say about bath salts. It's bad. It killed my boy."
Police are also concerned with how easy it is to get bath salts. In fact we walked right into a smoke specialty shop in Fells Point that's selling it for $35 a pack. WJZ found it even cheaper on the web and widely available.
State health leaders say the drug is still new to Maryland. But it's catching on fast.
Nationally, no exposures to the drug were found in 2009. Last year, there were 302 cases. So far this year, more than 2200 have been reported.
For now the ingredients used to make bath salts are legal. Many are pushing to change that.
"It's a big deal," said Thomas Morris, of New Market. "Government needs to move on this fast so it's against the law."
The man who rented the storage unit has not been arrested. Court documents show the seizure is part of an investigation across Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Bath salt chemicals have been banned in several states, including West Virginia, Florida and Louisiana.
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Taco Chef
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Re: Maryland - Federal Agents Uncover Illegal Bath Salts Operation [Re: 5-HT2A]
#14535124 - 05/30/11 10:17 AM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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ha i shop at that specialty smoke store in fells point; very good prices
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Re: Maryland - Federal Agents Uncover Illegal Bath Salts Operation [Re: Taco Chef]
#14536195 - 05/30/11 02:02 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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First they say "The feds raid a storage shed in Maryland and uncover an illegal bath salts operation."
Then they go on to say
"For now the ingredients used to make bath salts are legal. Many are pushing to change that."
so how can they say they are illegal but the ingredients are legal??? just more bullshit
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Re: Maryland - Federal Agents Uncover Illegal Bath Salts Operation [Re: redeyesmj]
#14536285 - 05/30/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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... my guess is it fall under a analog act. the ingrediences are legal in the same way ergot tartare was legal in the 60s. (main acid component)..
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Re: Maryland - Federal Agents Uncover Illegal Bath Salts Operation [Re: redeyesmj]
#14536356 - 05/30/11 02:41 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
redeyesmj said: First they say "The feds raid a storage shed in Maryland and uncover an illegal bath salts operation."
Then they go on to say
"For now the ingredients used to make bath salts are legal. Many are pushing to change that."
so how can they say they are illegal but the ingredients are legal??? just more bullshit
Because the DEA uses time-travel to go back to when certain substances were legal and extradites people to the future where they are now illegal. Pretty standard, actually.
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Re: Maryland - Federal Agents Uncover Illegal Bath Salts Operation [Re: redeyesmj]
#14538470 - 05/30/11 11:01 PM (12 years, 7 months ago) |
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redeyesmj said: First they say "The feds raid a storage shed in Maryland and uncover an illegal bath salts operation."
Then they go on to say
"For now the ingredients used to make bath salts are legal. Many are pushing to change that."
so how can they say they are illegal but the ingredients are legal??? just more bullshit
Was thinking the same fucking thing. We arrested him! It's legal and your kids can get it! Why the fuck doesn't the media question the arrest then?
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