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Ban on Fake Bath Salts Headed to House for Debate

May 11, 2011 12:19 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An emergency ban on the sale of fake bath salts will be put into Louisiana law, if legislators agree to a proposal that has received the backing of the House Criminal Justice Committee. In a January emergency order, Gov. Bobby Jindal outlawed a half-dozen dangerous... more »
Deputies Crack Down on Newly Illegal Fake Bath Salts

January 6, 2011 11:41 PM

Synthetic drugs masqueraded as bath salts have hospitalized hundreds in Louisiana and even caused several deaths and suicides. But as of Thursday those drugs and the chemicals used to make them are now illegal. Right after Governor Bobby Jindal banned the fake bath salts, law enforcement teams across Acadiana... more »
Drugs sold as bath salts now illegal in Louisiana

January 6, 2011 6:51 PM

A half-dozen dangerous chemicals sold as fake bath salts and plant food have been outlawed by emergency order in Louisiana, where anyone convicted of selling them will face penalties equivalent to those for selling heroin, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Thursday. The powders - sold under such names as White Lightning,... more »