Harrisburg, May 10, 2011 – State Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks) today, welcomed Senate passage of a ban on the sale of bath salts being misused to mimic the effects of other illegal drugs.
“The Senate heard the urgent message that law enforcement and health officials have been sending us,” Senator Schwank said. “The speed with which this bill moved is amazing.”
Senator Schwank noted that one of her first acts after being sworn in to the Senate in April was to sign on as a co-sponsor to the proposal.
“By all accounts, these products are barely concealed behind a legitimate purpose, when the real reason people are buying them is to get high,” she said. “It is a high that evidently leads to very dangerous behavior. There is no way they should be sold over the counter as a general commercial product.”
The bill, SB 1006, was introduced on April 28. It will now go the House of Representatives for its approval.
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