"Bath salts"

[Jonathan Lighter]

"Bath salts" were news on CNN back in January, but I was too lazy to post
anything about it.

JL

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Karl Hagen <karl at polysyllabic.com> wrote:

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> Those "bath salts" are actually designer drugs sold in convenience
> stores labeled as bath salts, even though everyone knows their real use.
> It's an attempt to exploit legal loopholes.
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> http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/worldwide_designer_drug_rise_m.html
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> On 3/28/2011 8:10 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > On tonight's local news, there was a story about two women getting
> > busted while driving under the influence of _bath salt(s)_. Literally.
> > If this way of getting high is news to any other old-head, the UD has
> > the word.
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