Bath Salts Problem Grows, Drug Counselors Say They Have Their Hands Full
By , myfoxhouston.com
Published December 13, 2016
The drug landscape is changing all across the country. No longer are people just relying on what comes from the Earth.
They're smoking, inhaling and shooting what chemists make in the lab. They're producing marijuana or bath salts.
There was a major bust around the country by the Drug Enforcement Agency. Investigators found $59 million worth of synthetic marijuana in the Houston area alone.
It comes in small packets that indicate it's approved by the DEA. Federal investigators say to laugh at that.
Chris Davis has been a drug counselor at Right Step in Houston for more than a decade.
"It's up there with methamphetamine and cocaine," Davis said.
He has 10 people he's currently working with who are hooked on bath salts, a drug that hit the market about two years ago.
It's a chemical mix that contains amphetamine-like chemicals and Davis says it's just as addictive as other drugs like cocaine and the symptoms vary.
"Hallucinations and delusional, it can be very scary they can be very paranoid," Davis said. "It's similar to what could happen to using methamphetamines."
Davis says he's glad federal agents on cracking down on the synthetic drugs that have landed in smoke shops around the county.
He says the results have made headlines with zombie like users in Florida. He says it's not a drug to take lightly and it's difficult to shake.
"It takes a longer time for them to stabilize. It's pretty tough," Davis said.
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