Bath salts are still easily available online, though, and come in brand names such as "Purple Wave," "Zoom" or "Cloud Nine." A 50-milligram packet sells for $25 to $50.

Even then, don't expect bath salts to go away; there are a multitude of ways to buy them apart from retail stores, and a strong underground network circulating the drugs in every major US city.

Bath salts are swallowed, snorted, or injected for the experience of a drug-induced high. These bath salts often contain the compounds MDPV (3,4-methylenedioxypryrovalerone) and/or mephedrone, known ...

Bath salts and other designer drugs have become a serious threat, warns the U.S. Navy, Marines, and other branches of the military in a new public service announcement.

Another death involving bath salts played out in Covington, La. Police reported that Dickie Sanders, 21, shot himself in the head Nov. 11, 2010 while his parents were asleep.

Bath salts, a catch-all name for a group of at least three synthetic drugs, began appearing around 2008—first in Europe and Asia, and then in the United States, Scott said.

According to a 2011 report published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, bath salts first appeared in Germany in 2007. In 2010, the American Association of Poison Control Centers reported that it ...

Miami police say face-eating attack similar to other "bath salts" incidents. MIAMI, May 29, 2012 — -- Miami police suspect that what caused a 31-year-old man to rip off his clothes and ...

Meghan Markle faces a potential lawsuit after a woman claimed severe burns from a bath salt recipe featured in her Netflix series. Robin Patrick, a diabetic from Maryland, seeks $10 million in ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Salt Lake City Police Department Chief Mike Brown joined representatives of other law enforcement agencies Tuesday morning to provide a community update on a lengthy drug ...