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Intervening to stop an imminent threat to public safety and health, the Acting Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs on April 27, 2011 signed an order that makes it a crime to manufacture, distribute, sell, or possess designer drugs labeled as "bath salts."
The order adds the drugs to New Jersey?s Controlled Dangerous Substances Act as Schedule I CDS, subjecting them to the strictest level of State control. Manufacture, distribution, sale, or possession is now a third-degree crime resulting in fines of up to $25,000 and three- to five-years imprisonment.
UPDATE: The Acting Director will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at 10 am, July 11, 2011, a necessary step toward enacting a regulation to make the ban permanent. The hearing will be held in the Monmouth Conference Room, 7th Floor, 124 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07101.
Requests to speak at the hearing should be submitted in writing, no later than July 6, 2011, to: Thomas R. Calcagni, Acting Director
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
PO Box 45027
Newark, NJ 07101.
- Announcement of the July 11, 2011 Public Hearing
- Press Release
- Order of the Acting Director
- Posters
- Fact Sheets
- K2 and Similar Products
To learn more about this Order, or report information about the manufacture, distribution, sale or possesion of so-called "bath salts" drugs, contact the NJ Division of Consumer Affairs at 800-242-5846.
For any other questions related to these drugs, contact the NJ Poison Information and Education System hotline, 800-222-1222.
For emergencies, dial 9-1-1.
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