In an interesting legal move for her first days as Attorney General, Pam Bondi has now outlawed a certain type of bath salts. She did this through an emergency rule which will now make possession of the bath salts a third degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.(read more from the St. Petersburg Times 1/27/11) The Attorney General cannot make laws on her own, they must ultimately be passed by the florida Legislature.
The bath salts are sold in tobacco stores and are said to be 10 time more powerful than cocaine. The salts have been banned in the UK and some other countries for months. (See this article quoting a former cocaine user on the effects) It is the latest in Florida's overwhelming attempt to prevent people from getting high under the guise of public safety.
