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Officials: 'Bath Salts' Are Growing Drug Problem

FULTON, Miss. -- When Neil Brown got high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven't been so lucky after snorting, injecting or smoking powders with such innocuous-sounding names as Ivory Wave, Red Dove...

Jack Camp Stripped of Judgeship for Helping Stripper Buy Cocaine, Pot

(Nov. 19) -- Judge not, lest ye be judged, or something like that. Today, former U.S. District Judge Jack Camp was stripped of his position on the bench following his admission of guilt to providing a female stripper with cocaine, pot and Roxicodone. Camp, 67, pleaded guilty to the felony charge of aiding and abetting...

CVS Fined $77.6M for Selling Meth Ingredient

(Oct. 14) -- CVS Pharmacy, the largest retail drug store chain in the nation, agreed to pay $77.6 million in fines for unlawfully selling pseudoephedrine to criminals who made methamphetamine, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles announced today. It's the biggest civil penalty in the history of the Controlled...

Abbott Withdraws Diet Pill Meridia in US, Canada

WASHINGTON (Oct. 8) -- Abbott Laboratories said Friday it will withdraw its diet pill Meridia in the U.S. and Canada, after coming under pressure from health regulators who say the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history of heart disease. Companies have struggled for decades to...

Judge to Lohan: Go Directly (Back) to Jail

(Sept. 24) -- This morning, a Los Angeles judge ordered actress Lindsay Lohan to return to jail over a failed drug test that put her in violation of the terms of her probation. Judge Elden Fox denied Lohan bail and has ordered her to jail pending an Oct. 22 hearing. The latest turn in Lohan's legal saga came when the...

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06/01/12 Powerful Drug Currently Legal In Colorado Source: CBS - KKTV 11 - Colorado Springs CO We've learned a powerful and dangerous drug is still legal in Colorado.
06/01/12 Police: Mother of 4 hides crack pipes in bra Source: Valley Morning Star - Harlingen TX Police said they arrested a San Benito woman after a records check showed she owed almost $5,000 in unpaid municipal court warrants, and later added drug possession charges when they found two crack pipes in her bra.
06/01/12 Avoid Confusion Between Narcotic âBath Saltsâ and... Source: PRWeb Alexandria, VA (PRWEB) June 01, 2012 Recent news stories regarding the dangers of "Bath Salts" should not be a cause of concern for individuals who use legitimate bathing salts to sooth aching muscles, according to The Salt Institute.
06/01/12 Miami cannibalistic episode linked to drug Ohio Valley... Source: NBC - WTOV9.com - Steubenville OH A bizarre and cannibalistic episode in Florida made national headlines after a naked man attacked another man , biting and eating parts of his face.
06/01/12 Scientists at National Institute for Environmental... Source: NewsRx By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Investigators publish new report on Science.

Background on Stimulants

Stimulants (also referred to as psychostimulants) are psychoactive drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both.

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