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Best quote from Bath Salts: The Synthetic Drug Revolution
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The rise of bath salts shows us how prohibition creates these unintended consequences. When you make traditional drugs harder to get, people don't just stop using substances; they find alternatives that are often more dangerous because they're untested and unregulated.
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