There is nothing quite like a relaxing bath to unwind, and bath salts are a wonderful addition to your daily bath experience.

On the other hand, sodium is too reactive to be used safely - again the metal is not used to make sodium salts.

"In the meantime, we need to make sure people get it off their shelves," urged Knowles, who is asking anyone who sees the bath salts drug for sale to contact his office or local authorities.

In the 1960s, salt-making families in the Philippine island of Bohol would trade it for food and other goods. But the craft nearly disappeared in the late 20th century when younger people left the ...