2. “BATH SALTS”
Schedule I in Nevada (NAC 453.310)
– Chemicals found in bath Salts are
Synthetic derivatives of Cathinone, a
chemical naturally found in the Khat
plant.
Mephedrone and MDPV (3-4
methylene-dioxypyrovalerone) most
common Cathinones in Bath Salts
3. Brand Names
Cloud Nine Blue Silk
Ivory Wave Lunar Wave
Vanilla Sky Pure Ivory
White Lightening Drone
Stardust Diablo
Red Dove White Dove
9. Munnsville, New York – Pamela McCarthy was running naked
and possibly high on bath salts. She was punching and choking
her son.
Husband takes child and runs away while Pamela takes off her
clothes and begins chasing
them. McCarthy got a hold of one of her dogs
and began rolling around on the ground with her legs wrapped
around it strangling the dog. Officers attempted to cuff her, but
she resisted. They tried using pepper spray to subdue her, but it
had no effect, so they tased her. McCarthy went into cardiac
arrest and later died at the hospital.
10. July 05, 2012
Lilburn, Georgia – Karl Laventure, (21)
appeared out of the woods and was seen
running naked around a golf range near
Atlanta, swinging a club around his head
and screaming. High on bath salts, he
tried to attack officers.
It took several officers to subdue the man
who had ‘super-human strength’.
Officers tased him over 6 times. When
subdued, he began threatening to eat the
faces of the officers.
11. July 05, 2012
Louisiana - Carl Jacquneaux, high on bath
salts, arrested after he bit off a piece of
his neighbor’s cheek.
Altoona, Pennsylvania – Carla Murphy,
stripped down naked in the maternity
ward, assaulted hospital staff and tried to
bite a police officer while in a drug-
induced rampage after smoking bath salts.
12. July 17, 2012
Atlanta, GA - Matthew Hammond (21) was
walking around with a knife saying he’s
going to hurt somebody. Police arrive and
Mathew approaches vehicle with FECES in
his mouth, challenging the officers.
Matthew admitted that he had smoked
marijuana, drank alcohol and snorted “a
lot” of bath salts
13. SPICE
Schedule I in Nevada
Synthetic Cannabinoid compounds
– Labled “Not for Human Consumption”
– Sold as “Incense”
– Closely Resembles Potpourri
14. Professor J. W. Huffman
Organic Chemistry Professor
Clemson University
Started Research in 1984
Huffman’s team developed 450
compounds
15. Professor J. W. Huffman
During an interview, he is attributed to
saying the following about the
consumption of his compounds:
“It’s like playing Russian roulette because
we don’t have toxicity data, we don’t know
the metabolites, and we don’t know the
pharmacokinetics.”
16. False Advertising
Labels on Spice products often claim
that they contain “natural” psycho-
active material taken from a variety
of plants. Spice products do contain
dried plant material, but chemical
analyses show that their active
ingredients are synthetic (or
designer) cannabinoid compounds.
17. Synthetic Marijuana
Synthetic Marijuana is made by
blending plants and herbs including
damiana leaf, bay bean, blue lotus,
and red clover. These ingredients are
sprayed with a chemical that gives it
its marijuana-like effects in the brain.
18. Symptoms
Rapid Heart Rate Hallucinations
Vomiting Raised BP
Agitation Reduced Blood
Confusion Supply to Heart
Heart Attack
19. Methods of Ingestion
Smoking
Mixed with Marijuana
Prepared as an Herbal Infusion for
Drinking
22. SPICE RAGE
Waco, TX – Michael Daniel, on Synthetic Marijuana (K-2) chases
neighbor, then brutally kills and eats dog. When neighbors tried
to intervene Daniel got down on his hands and knees and “began
barking and growling like a dog”. As horrified witnesses watched,
Daniel allegedly turned his drug-fuelled rage to a dog – beating,
choking and then ripping pieces of flesh away and eating them.
Police found Daniel sitting on the front porch with the dogs
carcass on his lap and blood and fur around his mouth and
clothing. Daniel did not respond to officers at first, but when he
snapped out of it, he asked officers to Tase him or fight him to
snap him out of the “bad trip”.
23. Fallon Incident
07/16/11 Renee Camarillo lived through a
parent's worst nightmare on July 4 when
she discovered two of her children and
three of their friends overdosed on a
synthetic drug and had to be rushed to the
hospital.
Children ranged in age from 13 to 17
All five survived
25. NV Schedule 1
Substances
May 5, 2011 and February 28, 2012 the following
11 trade name cannabiniod “spice” substances
were added to Schedule 1:
JWH-073 CP-47,497
CP-47,497 C8 JWH-200
JWH-018/AM-678
JWH-210 AM-2201
AM-694 JWH-122
JWH-250 JWH-081
26. NV Schedule 1
Cathinones
Effective February 15, 2012, six
synthetic cathinones, referred to as
“bath salts” were added to Schedule
27. Drug Abuse Prevention Act
of 2012 (Section 1152)
In an attempt to broaden the scope of
synthetic substances included as
Schedule 1 (illicit) Controlled Substances,
this bill was enacted on July 10, 2012. It
added 26 compounds, including many
additional JWH substances. The law
includes salts, isomers and salts of
isomers within the chemical designations.
These additional compounds have not
been added to Nevada’s Schedule 1 list.
28. Law Enforcement
Challenges
Limited Presumptive field test kits
Lab verification of substances before
arrests
Extreme volume of synthetics verses
those listed as Schedule 1 Controlled
Substances
29. Law Enforcement
Challenges
False Labeling
Potential return of produce from
search warrants
False Manufacturer lab analysis
results
Confirmation of owner/employee
understanding of the illegal
substance.
30. Criminal Case Development
Document sales price and weights
Location of product in the store
Sales method (cash only)
Sale via register, with or without
receipt
Sold with paraphernalia (pipes,
bongs etc.)
31. Criminal Case Development
Solicited conversation from the
owner/clerk about the best product
(highs, side effects, illness)
Purchase Trafficking amounts (over
4 grams) and multiple varieties
32. What Can We DO?
Report suspected synthetic product
sales to law enforcement
Training and Education with
emphasis in our schools
Formal LE notification to store
owners/managers about the illegal
products
33. What Can We Do?
Business Licensing Restrictions
City Ordinances
Media exposure to educate about
illegal status and health risks
