As Florida Bath Salts Deaths Rise, Drug Enforcers Stymied

As Florida bath salts deaths rise, drug enforcers stymied

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Gillespie, a 28-year-old hairdresser from Arizona, spent a month at a Florida drug rehabilitation center this summer because, she says, she was addicted to bath salts. Scientific studies have not confirmed that addiction is possible, but Gillespie says …
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Plan of attack — McDowell targets drug scourge

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County officials in return have been pushing for the development of two related drug-treatment facilities in the county. And they are actively campaigning for a new detoxification and stabilization unit recommended by the Governor's Advisory Council on …
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Joseph K. Reeder: Programs could reduce addiction's impact

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Such a court will enable us to promote public safety and also increase the likelihood of rehabilitation by offering the accused, either on a pre-adjudicatory or post-adjudicatory basis, the opportunity to seek drug treatment as an alternative to prison …
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As Florida Bath Salts Deaths Rise, Drug Enforcers Stymied
By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer Friday, October 12, 2012 TAMPA — When Jairious McGhee ran through a busy Tampa intersection screaming rap lyrics, when an officer's Taser barely slowed him and he fought off medics, when his heart stopped five times and he eventually died, the drug in his body was legal in most states. It was April 2011, and bath salts had made few headlines. Attorney … Read News