'Bath Saltocalypse' Archives

Arizona's Latest Advertised "Ban" on Bath Salts and Spice Passes Senate

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 4:04 PM

campusbasement.com

It seems like if the Legislature were to "ban" something, it wouldn't have to keep passing bills session after session to "ban" that same thing.

Yet, here we are again, more than a year after Governor Jan Brewer claimed she outlawed the sale and use of the substances known as "bath salts," and two years after she said the same of "spice," Legislators are touting another bill that's supposed to, um, ban bath salts and spice.

See also:
-Jan Brewer Touted Ban on Spice, Bath Salts, but Lawmakers Still Trying to Ban Both
-Jan Brewer Set To Sign "Bath Salts" Bill, Which Still Leaves "Bath Salts" Legal
-Bath Salts: Our Told-Ya-So Moments on "Ban" Continue

More »

Tags:

arizona, bath salts, bill montgomery, eddie farnsworth, sb 1345, sb 1346, spice

Email to Friend

Write to Editor

Print Article

Bath Saltocalypse

Jan Brewer Touted Ban on Spice and Bath Salts, but Lawmakers Are Still Trying to Ban Both

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Feb. 19 2013 at 3:43 PM

Categories: Bath Saltocalypse, Drug War

campusbasement.com

The headline of a press release from Governor Jan Brewer's office issued almost exactly two years ago read, "Governor Jan Brewer outlaws sale and use of synthetic drugs known as 'spice.'"

Then, last year, Brewer touted the "ban" of the synthetic drugs known as "bath salts." Sure enough, legislators concede that they're still trying to make the drugs illegal.

See also:
-Jan Brewer Set To Sign "Bath Salts" Bill, Which Still Leaves "Bath Salts" Legal
-Bath Salts: Our Told-Ya-So Moments on "Ban" Continue

More »

Tags:

arizona, bath salts, jan brewer, sb 1345, sb 1346, spice

Email to Friend

Write to Editor

Print Article

Bath Saltocalypse

"Bath Salts" and "Spice" Sales Are Not Banned in Yavapai County

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Sep. 19 2012 at 3:59 PM

Categories: Bath Saltocalypse, Myth Busted

i.chzbgr.com

Despite what the Yavapai County Attorney's Office is saying, the sales of "bath salts" and "spice" have not been banned in the county.

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk sure isn't the first to announce that a ban on "bath salts" or "spice" has been enacted around here -- the Legislature tried this one before -- but just like the rest, Yavapai County has not outlawed the synthetic drugs.

See also:
-"Bath Salts" Tales From Yavapai County, Part 1
-"Bath Salts" Tales From Yavapai County, Part 2
-Bath Salts: Our Told-Ya-So Moments on "Ban" Continue
-Naked Men in Tempe High on Bath Salts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
-DEA Carries Out Raids for Selling Chemicals Similar to Illegal Drugs
-"Bath Salts" Bill Still Leaves Concept of "Bath Salts" Legal

More »

Tags:

arizona, bath salts, hb 2356, herbal incense, research chemicals, sheila polk, spice, yavapai county, yavapai county attorney's office

Email to Friend

Write to Editor

Print Article

Bath Saltocalypse

Bath Salts/Spice Tales From Yavapai County, Part Two: Calvin's Naked Hostage Situation

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Sep. 14 2012 at 10:16 AM

Categories: Bath Saltocalypse

See also: "Bath Salts" Tales From Yavapai County, Part 1
See also: Bath Salts: Our Told-Ya-So Moments on "Ban" Continue
See also: Naked Men in Tempe High on Bath Salts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

knowyourmeme.com

As the Yavapai County Attorney's Office filed for a restraining order against county businesses to prevent them from selling the synthetic drugs known as "bath salts" and "spice," affidavits were filed containing anecdotes of local people reacted to using the drugs.

Area residents, hospital workers, local cops, school employees, parents, and other folks recounted their experiences with the people stoned on semi-legal drugs, several of which we highlighted earlier this week.

More »

Tags:

arizona, bath salts, hb 2356, herbal incense, research chemicals, sheila polk, spice, yavapai county, yavapai county attorney's office

Email to Friend

Write to Editor

Print Article

Bath Saltocalypse

Tempe Naked Man on Bath Salts No. 3: Noah McQueen Fought Imaginary Bugs in Coffee Shop

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Jul. 20 2012 at 5:06 PM

Categories: Bath Saltocalypse

See also: Naked Man on Bath Salts No. 2: Michael Hurtado Was Making Out With Cars
See also: Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train

bustedmugshots.com

Noah McQueen after his February arrest on criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct charges.

Seriously, Tempe: put down the bath salts, and put on your clothes.

For the third time this week, Tempe police have arrested a naked person doing really weird things, and in each case, the person in question told police they had ingested the chemicals known as "bath salts."

The latest naked bath salts adventure occurred in the bathroom of Tempe's Xtreme Bean Coffee Company, where police say 18-year-old Noah McQueen was fighting imaginary bugs.

More »

Tags:

arizona, arizona state university, bath salts, michael anthony hurtado, naked, naked on bath salts, noah mcqueen, sean-paul brascome, tempe, tempe police department

Email to Friend

Write to Editor

Print Article

Bath Saltocalypse

Tempe Naked Man on Bath Salts No. 2: Police Say Michael Hurtado Was Making Out With a U-Haul Steering Wheel and a Cop Car

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Jul. 20 2012 at 2:04 PM

Categories: Bath Saltocalypse, Naked People

See also: Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train

MCSO

Police say Michael Hurtado was not wearing this t-shirt when he was making out with a steering wheel.

The Tempe Police Department was probably not messing around Wendesday when it issued a public warning about the chemicals known as "bath salts."

After finding 23-year-old Sean-Paul Branscome slamming himself against walls and jogging around a Tempe neighborhood in the nude on Sunday after admittedly ingesting bath salts, the cops responded to another naked-man-on-bath-salts incident just two days later.

This time, police say it was Michael Hurtado admitting to using bath salts. Naturally, that admission only came after police say he crashed his truck, then got "fully naked," hopped in someone else's U-Haul truck, and started making out with the steering wheel.

More »

Tags:

arizona, arizona state university, bath salts, michael anthony hurtado, naked, naked on bath salts, sean-paul brascome, tempe, tempe police department, the vue

Email to Friend

Write to Editor

Print Article

Bath Saltocalypse

Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train Thanks to Sean-Paul Branscome

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Jul. 18 2012 at 3:49 PM

Categories: Bath Saltocalypse

campusbasement.com

Thanks, Sean-Paul Brascome

If you haven't heard a story recently about a naked person high on the chemicals known as "bath salts," you have not been paying attention.

For example, "Bath Salt Apocalypse: Naked Georgia Man Rambles About Biggie And Tupac Before Threatening To Eat Cop."

Thanks to 23-year-old Sean-Paul Branscome, the Tempe Police Department is holding a press conference right now to warn the public about the dangers of bath salts.

More »