Remember the panic over "bath salts," the strange and terrifying new drug that supposedly turns people into face-eating zombies? The US Drug Enforcement Administration just announced a major crackdown on bath salts, "jewelry cleaner," "plant food," "spice," and other similar substances, seizing 550 kilograms of the stuff from around the world in just three days. The agency is calling it the largest synthetic drug bust ever.
Synthetic drugs cover a large and fast-growing class of new mind-altering compounds, which fall into two broad categories. The first covers synthetic marijuana, which sells under the street name "spice" or "K2," and is often labeled as incense. The second category is synthetic cathinones, which are drugs that mimic...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/27/4471502/us-drug-enforcement-administration-announces-international-bath-salts-project-synergy
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