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Thursday, March 21, 2013  A Coastal Carolina University grad student has just returned from the experience of a lifetime. The marine science student did groundbreaking research on global warming while surrounded by penguins and icebergs.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Horry County police charged eight Socastee High School students for smoking synthetic marijuana on school property.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Officers are investigating a shooting in Myrtle Beach. Police responded to Grand Strand Medical Center to meet with the victim on Sunday morning.

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.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Brunswick County Sheriff's deputies have charged a Myrtle Beach man for allegedly trying to sell synthetic marijuana and thousands of pieces of drug paraphernalia.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Saturday Surfside Beach police charged Daniel Richard Krantz, 21, with three counts of malicious damage to property.

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  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.

Sunday, October 16, 2011  Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said 19-year-old Lamar Jack's collapse during a preseason workout and death days later was caused by acute drug toxicity that led to multiple organ failure.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  The federal government has banned the sale and possession of the synthetic drug known as bath salts.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  The synthetic drug known as bath salts is now illegal in unincorporated Chesterfield County.