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Bath salts may soon hit store shelves in Seattle

By Staff Writer

As kids look for new ways to turn typical household items into drugs for recreational purposes, bath salts are becoming a substance of choice. The new, legal product can be obtained over the counter by children and used to get high.

The items are typically sold under the names Pure Ivory and Bolivian Bath, according to KIRO-TV. They also usually do not have warning labels on them, which can make them dangerous when combined with other substances, such as alcohol. Experts say that when individuals use the bath salts, they can create a high that is similar to the effects of cocaine. Now, the drugs are making their way onto store shelves in Seattle, Washington.

Florida has already banned the bath salts, while Hawaii, Michigan, Louisiana and Kentucky are all inching closer toward prohibiting the substances. Federal Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske told the news source that there were 236 calls to poison control centers in 2010 related to the bath salts. He is attempting to warn individuals of the dangers of the drugs before they hit the market in Seattle.

Approximately 74 percent of the 40,059 poisoning deaths in the United States were unintentional in 2007, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Drug rehab centers can help individuals who have a problem abusing dangerous substances. 

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