House approves ban on methlike bath salts

The Georgia House voted Tuesday to ban synthetic drugs in bath salts that can have hallucinogenic effects.

House Bill 199 would ban five stimulants from the chemical family of cathinones, a group of drugs related to amphetamine that can create a high similar to that of methamphetamines. Reports of overdoses and deaths from the drugs have been reported in other states, though not in Georgia.

The bill, which passed 150-9, now heads to the Senate for review.