About a year ago, stories began popping up all over the country about a new problem. There were substances being sold as “bath salts” or “plant food” that were actually intended to be ingested as a device for getting high. Since they were not specifically listed as controlled substances, the manufacturers were able to get by for quite a while with selling them legally as long as they didn’t actually say on the packaging what was inside and what it was to be used for. That came by word of mouth.
Mostly the items were sold in convenience stores and smoke shops.
Kids and adults were buying the stuff, which was made of plant matter and sprayed with hallucinogenic chemicals. They were smoking it and getting high and a percentage of them were ending up in the emergency room, or dead. The substances brought about a high similar to “speed” and a severely increased level of paranoia, violent outbursts and uncommon physical strength. Some violent crimes occurred, including the stabbing of a New Castle County police officer.
Legislatures around the country moved as quickly as legislatures can (which some do not find fast enough) to get the substances off of the shelves. Here in Delaware, a temporary ban was placed on these substances in September 2011. The ban was set to be lifted soon. Legislation was introduced by Rep. Rebecca Walker and others to make the ban permanent, and it “breezed” through both houses of the General Assembly in less than two weeks time, which is very fast as legislation goes. Not one person voted against it.
And so, the good news is that as of January 20, 2012, the bill was ready for Gov. Jack Markell to sign so that it would become permanent. Hopefully this will keep the materials out of Delaware and as all of the other states follow suit, it will at least keep them from being sold legally, even to minors.
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