New Jersey Takes Note of Bath Salt Murder
A murder happened and it traced back to someone high on “Bath Salts: New Jersey legislatures took notice and are moving to ban the substance, that has already been banned in the UK and several states here in the United States.
This problem is easier to deal with than other drug problems and we need to get it out of the way quickly in every state so we can deal with prescription drug abuse, which won’t go away as easily. Here is an article on the murder:
“New details emerge about Bill Parisio, a Cranford man accused of slaying his girlfriend, Pamela Schmidt, Sunday afternoon in his family’s Greaves Street Avenue home, some local lawmakers have introduced legislation to ban a new drug known as “bath salts.”
Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Fanwood) has introduced legislation to ban Methylenedioxypyrovalerone, better known as MDVP, the primary drug in bath salts, in the state. In drug circles, the drug earned its nickname because it visually resembles therapeutic salts used in home tubs and spas.
Those, available in convenience stores and smoke shops around the state, have been blamed by Dianne Parisio, the mother of Bill Parisio, as contributing to her son’s erratic behavior in the days leading up to the killing. In previous reports, Mrs. Parisio said her son began using the drug in December.
Parisio is being held on $400,000 in the Union County jail in Schmidt’s death. He will appear before Judge Joan Robinson Gross at 9 a.m. Friday in Union County Superior Court in Elizabeth.
“It is a stimulant drug with very erratic and intense impact,” Stender said, noting that she and Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange) drafted the bill prior to the Schmidt slaying.
Steven Marcus, the medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center, said that he has found a total of 10 reported cases of bath-salts use in New Jersey. Statistics from the American Association of Poison Control Centers show 1,403 reported cases of bath salt overdoses in the U.S. since late 2010. A spokeswoman for the AAPCC said overdoses have been reported in 47 states and the District of Columbia, adding that no deaths have been attributed to the drug and that nobody accused of committing a homicide attributed their actions to being high on bath salts.
Marcus said that many of the symptoms can mimic other drugs and tests have…”.
Narconon stands behind any efforts to remove dangerous drugs from our culture. Probably most importantly, we promote the fact that with enough drug education, kids aren’t going to want to fool with the stuff anyway.
For those who have already become addicted to “bath salts” or any other substance, Narconon drug rehab is here to help. We don’t need any more more murders or people losing their minds when there are solutions.