Pitt County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday seized bath salts and spice on the first day of a new state law banning the substances, a spokeswoman said.
Deputies visited about 15 convenience stores and tobacco shops across Pitt County.
The enforcement action, aimed at educating shop owners, netted about 600 packets worth about $10,000, spokeswoman Christy Wallace said. No arrests were made.
MORGANTON, N.C. — Synthetic drugs were seized from several convenience stores in Burke County after legislation banning them went into effect.As of Wednesday, it is illegal in North Carolina to sell, manufacture or possess synthetic forms of marijuana or cocaine, also known as spice and bath salts.Under the new law, ingredients in bath salts are Schedule I controlled substances, meaning they have a high potential for abuse. Spice chemicals are classified as having a low potential for abuse.
MORGANTON – It didn’t take long for the new Burke County Sheriff to get to work after he was sworn in on Wednesday morning.
By Wednesday afternoon, his deputies were checking stores across the county for what has been labeled as K-2 incense and special Bath Salts.
Both items have been outlawed by the General Assembly because people were abusing them.
“They are smoking it, snorting it, and ingesting it,” said Rick Hasson of the Narcotics Task Force.
“These items are very dangerous,” said Sheriff Steve Whisenant.
One deputy said he came across a person who was high on bath salts earlier this week and had shaved his head and was sure that insects were attacking him.