State ban on ‘bath salts’ should end Clyde’s problem
Clyde police have handled nearly two dozen cases tied to the designer drug. A state law signed in July makes possession a felony.
Clyde’s trouble with the over-the-counter products sold as “bath salts” may soon end now that Ohio has banned them.
Police Chief Bruce Gower said his department has dealt with nearly two dozen cases of alleged misuse, including one in which a vehicle ran into a building. One business in the city sold the product, and Gower said the only use police could find for it was getting high. Clyde’s problems were featured in a recent WTOL-TV segment, which Gower said was filmed weeks earlier.
There had been an effort to ban the sale in Sandusky County, but Gower said local action is moot now that Gov. John Kasich has signed House Bill 64. The law makes bath salts and other designer drugs illegal and their possession a felony. It takes effect 90 days after signing.
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