Another interesting story and good news for those involved in the chemical dependency counseling community and want Bath Salts banned.
"MUNCIE, Ind. — Authorities investigating the sale of synthetic drugs known commonly as bath salts raided five gasoline stations and a convenience store in eastern Indiana on Monday as well as three apartments in Muncie and a home in Indianapolis.
The investigation leading to the raids began after police received numerous calls from people concerned about stores selling the synthetic drugs, in some cases to adolescents, according to a probable cause affidavit.
The drugs, sold in small plastic cosmetic containers, are laced with stimulants and have been compared to synthetic cocaine. The drugs can cause paranoia and hallucinations and have been linked with deaths and hundreds of calls to poison centers nationwide.
The Indiana Legislature passed a law earlier this year banning bath salts.
One of the bill's authors, state Sens. Ron Alting, R-Lafayette, said at the time that at least 30 deaths in Indiana have been linked to bath salts or marijuana-like drugs known as spice. He said the people died either because users harmed themselves when high or because the drugs caused brain injuries.
The raids were conducted at five Muncie gas stations and a convenient store in Yorktown, about six miles west of Muncie.
The probable cause affidavit says the investigation of the Yorktown Mart included an interview with a Yorktown High School student, who administrators said had behaved "erratically," and said he ingested bath salts he bought at the convenience store.
The Star Press reports (http://tspne.ws/LiyXGs) that police are investigating whether the ingestion of bath salts was a factor in two recent fatal traffic accidents.
Other recent incidents that police believe may have involved bath salts include a Muncie man who allegedly held a knife to a roommate's throat, a mother who was walking with her children and couldn't provide police accurate information about their names and dates of birth, and a naked man accused of stealing a pickup truck and crashing it into a home."
Source: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7b9add3ef728413ab638d99834452add/IN--Ba...
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