Poison Control Centers Applaud DEA’s Ban of Bath Salts

ALEXANDRIA, VA – America’s 57 poison control centers are applauding the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s recent ban of the chemicals used in synthetic drugs labeled as “bath salts,” according to Dr. Richard Dart, president of the American Association of Poison Control Centers and director of the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center. Poison centers first raised the alarm about bath salts in December 2010 after they started receiving calls about people having serious reactions to the chemicals, such as increased blood pressure and heart rate, agitation, hallucinations, extreme