For instance, West Virginia legislators banned the bath salt drug MDPV last year, making it a misdemeanor to sell, buy or possess the synthetic drug. Conviction means up to six months in jail and ...

There are several main components that are in bath salts. But you shouldn't think of it as just one kind of drug. So it contains what are called cathinones, particularly synthetic cathinones.

It’s important that parents and young people understand just how dangerous these synthetic drugs are.” Last fall, the Drug Enforcement Administration banned bath salts and their active ...

Senate bill would mean nationwide ban on "bath salts," a dangerous new drug. June 5, 2012— -- A Delaware senator praised pending legislation proposing a nationwide ban on "bath salts," a ...

The Utica Observer-Dispatch reports the poison center has seen an increase in calls related to "bath salts" and other synthetic drugs. Administrative Director Michele Caliva told the newspaper 31 ...

The synthetic drug's popularity has been growing. National poison control centers had 304 calls about bath salts in 2010, nearly a third of them from Louisiana. Last year, there were more than ...

SAGINAW, MI — The label "Not for human consumption" means the opposite thing for some drug seekers looking for a cheap and accessible high. In 2011, 6,137 synthetic cathinones (bath salt ...

Bath salts are a form of synthetic drug. They contain synthetic cathinones, which are lab-made stimulants. The cathinones found in bath salts were made illegal in the United States in 2012.

But health professionals say lawmakers cannot keep pace with bath salt producers, who constantly adjust their chemical formulations to come up with new synthetic drugs that aren't covered by new laws.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Synthetic drugs such as bath salts are now illegal in New York. The State Department Of Health issued new regulations for the drugs in an emergency meeting. Governor Andrew ...

Already, some local governments and federal officials have outlawed some ingredients used to make bath salts and other synthetic drugs. Today, the Onondaga County Legislature voted to make bath ...

Ohio's attorney general has announced a crackdown on the sale and abuse of synthetic drugs such as bath salts and herbal incense. Attorney General Mike DeWine said Wednesday he will warn ...