'Zombie laws' slowly moving forward.
*reprinted from the archives circa 2012 Just when you thought it was safe to resume chewing off people's faces, President Obama signed new legislation banning bath salts and other synthetic substances. The new Federal law classifies many over-the-counter products as controlled substances with greater penalties. Other states have independently banned variations of the substances in response to publicized antisocial dietary behavior. New York recently became the 41st state to also outlaw the use of bath salts. Often referred to as 'designer drugs ’ , many bath salts sold as herbal remedies such as Ivory Wave, Vanilla Sky, and Bliss are currently being removed from store shelves. States are responding to the current threat to public health and safety. However, many states missed the memo on crystal meth production; thinking the increase in trailer homes along the outskirts of town and rise in cold medicine sales were signs of an expanding economy. Today, particularly in t