Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, fist bumps John Feal after a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, after Senate passage of a bill to assist 9/11 First Responders. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Senator wants ban on select bath salts
Updated: Monday, 31 Jan 2011, 7:04 AM EST
Published : Sunday, 30 Jan 2011, 2:32 PM EST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York says he wants the federal government to ban new designer drugs known as bath salts that pack as much punch as cocaine or methamphetamines.
The small, inexpensive packets of powder are meant to be snorted for a hallucination-inducing high, but they are often marketed with a wink on the Internet or in convenience stores as bathing salts.
The Democratic senator is announcing a bill Sunday that would add those chemicals to the list of federally controlled substances. He is also pushing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban the substance in the state.
A handful of states have already banned the active ingredients in the powders.
Schumer says the bath salts "contain ingredients that are nothing more than legally sanctioned narcotics."
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