New Form Of Meth More Dangerous Than Ecstasy Pill SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The newest drug to hit California's underground club scene is sweet, colorful -- and deadly. The drug, a form of methamphetamine called ya ba, a Thai name meaning "crazy drug," has made its way into raves and is said to be significantly more powerful and dangerous than the current club drug of choice, Ecstasy. "The scary thing about these is that they are adding color to them and adding flavor, which could give the perception that these drugs are less dangerous than they really are," says Will Glaspy, a spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. [continues 443 words]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The newest drug to hit California's underground club scene is sweet, colorful -- and deadly. The drug, a form of methamphetamine called ya ba, a Thai name meaning "crazy drug," has made its way into raves and is said to be significantly more powerful and dangerous than the current club drug of choice, Ecstasy. "The scary thing about these is that they are adding color to them and adding flavor, which could give the perception that these drugs are less dangerous than they really are," says Will Glaspy, a spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. [continues 606 words]
SACRAMENTO -(AP)- The newest thing to hit the underground club scene in California is a sweet, colorful little pill that can keep someone dancing all night long. But what may seem as harmless as candy is a new form of methamphetamine called ya ba, a Thai name meaning "crazy drug." It is said to be significantly more powerful -- and dangerous -- than the current club drug of choice, Ecstasy. Last month, federal agents in Sacramento made the largest bust of ya ba smugglers since the drug first appeared in the United States three years ago. The arrests of 10 people in Sacramento for allegedly smuggling 75,000 pills from Thailand and Laos came after U.S. Customs seized 46 shipments of ya ba in Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Honolulu, which were destined for Sacramento addresses. [continues 830 words]
