Bath salts -latest drug to raise alarms

The synthetic stimulants are legal in most of the U.S. for now. As more users show up in emergency rooms, states are taking action.

The website that hawks the "concentrated bath salts" warns in red letters: "Not for human consumption."

It cautions against using alcohol and prescription medications while "bathing," and adds, "PLEASE do not use this as SNUFF."

But the little packets of powder, with names like "Ivory Wave" and "Vanilla Sky," were never intended for the tub, and they're not among the fragrant samples in the bath and body shop at the local mall. The "bath salts," are powerful synthetic stimulants, designed to be comparable to cocaine or methamphetamine, and with similar risks, law enforcement and health officials say.

source: latimes.com