By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Ivory Wave, Vanilla Sky and Bliss may sound like products from the cosmetics aisle, but they are far from luxurious. They are street names for a dangerous drug known as "bath salts."
They were shipped to Europe until they were banned there, after which they became popular in the U.S. While the main focus for now is on stopping imports, Mr. LeMaitre said, it is only a matter of time until they are produced in the U.S.
"We lack sufficient data to understand the full scope of the problem," said Rafael LeMaitre, spokesman for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. "But we do know enough to know it is a big problem for the public."
