slimvictor
Bluelight Crew
Although the designer hallucinogenic substances known as “bath salts” have been outlawed by many states — including New York — until the ingredients are banned, people will continue to get them. Federal legislation to do that is pending.
Get on with it. Banning these frighteningly dangerous substances is a no-brainer. Leaders need to act now in the best interests of every man, woman and child in America — because as long as these substances are out there, we’re all at risk from maniacal behavior.
The danger of “bath salts” — not to be confused with the cosmetic variety used therapeutically for soaking in the tub — is clear. In what is perhaps the most gruesome case, the drugs are believed responsible for a vicious attack on a homeless man in Miami last month, whereby the victim’s face was literally chewed off by a naked man on a rampage. The crazed attacker was shot dead by police.
Locally, bath salts have been linked to other horrific behavior.
-- In Marcy this past week, a man randomly attacked his neighbor as she left for work and chased her into her home, police said. She escaped, and David Schrader, 45, of 6499 Stage Rd., now faces two felony charges.
-- On June 13, a Madison County woman with a history of using bath salts went berserk and appeared to be growling like an animal as she punched and choked her 3-year-old son and pet pit bull. Pamela McCarthy then stripped off her clothes and chased neighbors before police arrived. When pepper spray failed to stop her, she was Tasered. McCarthy, who had a heart condition, died a few minutes later of cardiac arrest.
-- In May, Randall L. Sahms, 32, of North Carolina, passed out in a clothes rack at Old Navy in New Hartford. Police found several small bottles of methylenedioxypyrovalerone — an ingredient in bath salts — in his possession.
-- In March, Jack Maine, 36, of Vernon was charged after police said he ingested “bath salt” drugs and jumped in front of a passing vehicle on Route 31. The driver swerved to avoid striking him, then called 911.
Similar incidents have been reported across the nation.
This stuff is scary. While most states have outlawed bath salts, per se, getting a grip on the law is made very difficult by the fact that chemists can tweak the makeup of these poisons just enough to skirt the law. Congress needs to close that loophole.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is trying. A bill he initiated targets the chemicals found in bath salts and synthetic marijuana, which have been easily available in convenience stores, smoke shops and online and sold under such names as Ivory Wave, Bliss, Blue Silk, Charge Plus, White Lightening, Tranquility, Zoom, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky and Cloud 9 (bath salts) and Blaze, Blueberry Haze, Dank, Demon Passion Smoke, Genie, Hawaiian Hybrid, K2, Magma, Ninja, Nitro, Ono Budz, Panama Red Ball, Puff, Sativah Herbal Smoke, Skunk, Spice, Ultra Chronic and Voodoo Spice (synthetic marijuana).
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Get on with it. Banning these frighteningly dangerous substances is a no-brainer. Leaders need to act now in the best interests of every man, woman and child in America — because as long as these substances are out there, we’re all at risk from maniacal behavior.
The danger of “bath salts” — not to be confused with the cosmetic variety used therapeutically for soaking in the tub — is clear. In what is perhaps the most gruesome case, the drugs are believed responsible for a vicious attack on a homeless man in Miami last month, whereby the victim’s face was literally chewed off by a naked man on a rampage. The crazed attacker was shot dead by police.
Locally, bath salts have been linked to other horrific behavior.
-- In Marcy this past week, a man randomly attacked his neighbor as she left for work and chased her into her home, police said. She escaped, and David Schrader, 45, of 6499 Stage Rd., now faces two felony charges.
-- On June 13, a Madison County woman with a history of using bath salts went berserk and appeared to be growling like an animal as she punched and choked her 3-year-old son and pet pit bull. Pamela McCarthy then stripped off her clothes and chased neighbors before police arrived. When pepper spray failed to stop her, she was Tasered. McCarthy, who had a heart condition, died a few minutes later of cardiac arrest.
-- In May, Randall L. Sahms, 32, of North Carolina, passed out in a clothes rack at Old Navy in New Hartford. Police found several small bottles of methylenedioxypyrovalerone — an ingredient in bath salts — in his possession.
-- In March, Jack Maine, 36, of Vernon was charged after police said he ingested “bath salt” drugs and jumped in front of a passing vehicle on Route 31. The driver swerved to avoid striking him, then called 911.
Similar incidents have been reported across the nation.
This stuff is scary. While most states have outlawed bath salts, per se, getting a grip on the law is made very difficult by the fact that chemists can tweak the makeup of these poisons just enough to skirt the law. Congress needs to close that loophole.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is trying. A bill he initiated targets the chemicals found in bath salts and synthetic marijuana, which have been easily available in convenience stores, smoke shops and online and sold under such names as Ivory Wave, Bliss, Blue Silk, Charge Plus, White Lightening, Tranquility, Zoom, Red Dove and Vanilla Sky and Cloud 9 (bath salts) and Blaze, Blueberry Haze, Dank, Demon Passion Smoke, Genie, Hawaiian Hybrid, K2, Magma, Ninja, Nitro, Ono Budz, Panama Red Ball, Puff, Sativah Herbal Smoke, Skunk, Spice, Ultra Chronic and Voodoo Spice (synthetic marijuana).
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