Ivory Wave is a bath salt that creates a high when snorted

Bath salts don't usually cost $30 for 200 miligrams, yet some Utahns are paying through the nose for a product called "Ivory Wave" in order to get high.

Sold online and in smoke shops, the product is marketed as a bath salt and labeled "not for human consumption," but posion control experts say users can achieve an "aphetamine-like high" when it's snorted.

Scott Marshall, the assistant clinical director of the Utah Poison Control Center, said "It's really a game of roulette when you abuse a substance like this."

Joseph Bosilovick is the friend of an Ivory Wave user.

"I don't recognize the person standing in front of me as my best friend for 20 years," he said.

Bosilovick said his friend began using the salts about three months ago in combination with his bipolar medications.

Now, he's at the University psychiatric hospital, being monitored for hallucinations, agitation and paranoia.

"His hands are constantly shaking. He's constantly moving. Constantly looking over his shoulder like somebody is out to get him," Bosilovick said.

The Utah Poison Control Center reports Ivory Wave usage is a growing trend.

Last year, the center hadn't even heard about Ivory Wave, this year, there have been at least 50 documented calls nationwide.

Detectives are also starting to see Ivory Wave pop up more often.

West Jordan Police are looking into it and the Unified Police Narcotics Unit reports they're trying to get the state to ban it in the upcoming legislative session along with spice, an incense that when smoked can create a high similar to marijuana. Several Utah cities and counties have already banned the sale of spice.

Contributing: Molly Farmer

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