Designer drugs are often sold across the counter as bath salts or plant food. Manufacturers take an illegal drug, make chemical changes of as little as one molecule and create a substance that isnt illegal at least, not yet.
One of the bills says that if a new chemical substance mimics a drug that is already illegal, then that new substance is also an illegal drug. So-called bath salts have become a hot issue for local governments. Several cities have banned their sale, and in Rutherford County, police raids have targeted convenience stores that carry the phony bath salts. The second bill would add people to the methamphetamine registry for simply possessing the equipment to make meth.
