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Monday, January 07, 2013  The U.S. Navy released a frightening PSA to show what a user experiences while under the influence. The bath salts that have caused so many problems are not the ones you put in a tub.

Monday, November 12, 2012  Synthetic marijuana has faced two bans on specific chemicals within the drug, but drug manufacturers continue to alter chemicals to make the drug legal once more.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  The man accused of causing the Horry County Wildfire, Marc Anthony Torchi, is now facing several drugs charges for possessing and distributing a bath salts substance.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  Myrtle Beach police and the 15th Circuit Drug Enforcement Unit say they found Pentedrone, an ingredient used in the drug known as bath salts, at The Red Hot Shoppe on North Ocean Boulevard.

Friday, June 08, 2012  The Darlington County Drug Enforcement Unit arrested 21 people in a two-say undercover drug operation.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012  With more than 30 years experience in hospital emergency rooms, Dr. James Wright ranks "Bath Salts" as one of the most dangerous drugs he's ever seen.

Sunday, January 22, 2012  Authorities in South Carolina are worried that synthetic narcotics sold over the counter could make a comeback in the state, despite a recent ban.

Saturday, November 05, 2011  Prana V. Sheth and Jignesh V. Patel were taken into custody after an agent bought bath salts from inside the 3 Way EPCO Food Mart on Liberty Street in Marion. Both live in Myrtle Beach.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  Now that the Drug Enforcement Administration and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control have reclassified several chemicals found in products known as "bath salts" and "synthetic marijuana," Horry County police are giving people the opportunity to surrender the products.

Monday, October 24, 2011  Officers say Mitulkumar Patel, 30, sold bath salts last Friday in a convenience store parking lot to an undercover officer.

Monday, October 24, 2011  The mind-altering drugs known as bath salts and synthetic marijuana are now illegal everywhere in South Carolina.

Sunday, October 23, 2011  A state lawmaker tried to get bath salts and synthetic marijuana outlawed in South Carolina earlier this year and was unsuccessful, but many things in the state have changed since then.

Friday, October 21, 2011  Last month, the Drug Enforcement Agency issued an Emergency Control notice to retailers and consumers that they had one month to take bath salts containing three chemicals off the shelves and out of their possession. Friday, the federal agency exercised their final authority.

Friday, October 14, 2011  Sherry Anderson doesn't understand why bath salts, a drug that she calls dangerous and scary, can still be purchased legally in Horry County, and around the state and country.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Darlington County banned the sale of bath salts Monday night.