Date: 08-15-2013

Case Style: United States of America v. Stephen McFadden

Case Number: 3:12-cr-00009-GEC-BWC

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Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (Albemarle County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Ronald Mitchell Huber, Joseph D. Platania

Defendant's Attorney: Louis Elias Diamond and John Lloyd Snook, III for Stephen Dominick McFadden

Description: The United States of America charged Stephen McFadden with selling "bath salts" knowing the product was a synthetic drug make up of 3,4-methylenedioxymethcathinone, 2,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone, and 4-methyle-ethylcathinone. The charges were based on the proposition that the drugs were substantially similar to proscribed drugs.

Defendant claimed that he sold the items for us in incense and potpourri burners.

Outcome: Defendant was convicted and sentenced to 2 years in prison.

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Comments: Editor's Comment: These new "bath salts" drugs produce a variety of impacts on users who smoke, snort or inject them.