Drug sting hits stores selling bath salts
Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box has developed a new tool to fight drugs and illegal prescription narcotics abuse in Dyer County. The tool comes in the formation of the new Dyer County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit that will take an additional tough stance and attack drug abuse and trafficking.
On Thursday, the unit made a test run as they performed an undercover sting operation on local businesses selling illegal over-the-counter synthetic drugs. Some are marketed as bath salts and others are a form of synthetic marijuana. Box said these products pose a hazard and have been plaguing the county for months.
After undercover buys were made from multiple convenience stores throughout Dyer County, newly assigned deputies to the narcotics unit went back to the stores and seized the drugs and charged the business owners and clerks for selling the illegal substances.
This product was sold to the undercover agent of the Dyer County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit at one of the convenience stores. The item, called Posh, is marketed as an herbal potpourri, but is usually purchased to be smoked. The warning label states it is not for human consumption. Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box said if stores are selling this item to be smoked then he would contact the state Health Department and make them aware of these businesses. At the end of the day, three stores were raided and the illegal product and any items deemed as drug paraphernalia were confiscated.
"Over the past several months, I have received numerous complaints from citizens of bath salts and over-the-counter synthetic drug abuse, such as the product marketed as Molly's Plant Food, which is sold as a plant fertilizer," said Box. "This product, along with the bath salts contains methcathinone."
Methcathinone, known on the streets as "Cat," produces a high like that of methamphetamine. Users of these bath salts can experience increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions.
Box, along with other Tennessee sheriffs have lobbied state legislators to strengthen the psuedophedrine laws to attack the methamphetamine production. Rep.
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"Over the past several months, I have received numerous complaints from citizens of bath salts and over-the-counter synthetic drug abuse, such as the product marketed as Molly's Plant Food, which is sold as a plant fertilizer," said Box.
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Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box has developed a new tool to fight drugs and illegal prescription narcotics abuse in Dyer County. The tool comes in the formation of the new Dyer County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit that will take an additional tough stance and attack drug abuse and trafficking.
On Thursday, the unit made a test run as they performed an undercover sting operation on local businesses selling illegal over-the-counter synthetic drugs. Some are marketed as bath salts and others are a form of synthetic marijuana. Box said these products pose a hazard and have been plaguing the county for months.
After undercover buys were made from multiple convenience stores throughout Dyer County, newly assigned deputies to the narcotics unit went back to the stores and seized the drugs and charged the business owners and clerks for selling the illegal substances.
This product was sold to the undercover agent of the Dyer County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit at one of the convenience stores. The item, called Posh, is marketed as an herbal potpourri, but is usually purchased to be smoked. The warning label states it is not for human consumption. Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box said if stores are selling this item to be smoked then he would contact the state Health Department and make them aware of these businesses. At the end of the day, three stores were raided and the illegal product and any items deemed as drug paraphernalia were confiscated.
"Over the past several months, I have received numerous complaints from citizens of bath salts and over-the-counter synthetic drug abuse, such as the product marketed as Molly's Plant Food, which is sold as a plant fertilizer," said Box. "This product, along with the bath salts contains methcathinone."
Methcathinone, known on the streets as "Cat," produces a high like that of methamphetamine. Users of these bath salts can experience increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme paranoia and delusions.
Box, along with other Tennessee sheriffs have lobbied state legislators to strengthen the psuedophedrine laws to attack the methamphetamine production. Rep.
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