WEATHERSFIELD, Vt. —
Authorities conducting a child welfare check at a
Windsor County home in the town of Weathersfield ended up charging a
resident with various drug crimes, including possession of hallucinogenic bath salts.
State troopers and Weathersfield police, who were assisting the
Vermont Department of Children and Families with a "welfare check on
several children" at a Gravelin Road address Monday night, spotted the
illegal drugs in plain view, according to Vermont State Police officials.
Chad Cushman, 43, was charged with possession of bath salts and cultivation of marijuana.
Authorities said they found assorted
pills, raw marijuana, several marijuana plants and bath salts –
so-called designer drugs containing synthetic chemicals that are similar
to amphetamines – at Cushman's home in Perkinsville, a small
Weathersfield village about 65 miles north of Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Some, but not all, of the chemicals used to make bath salts are
illegal. The name stems from the drugs being sold under the guise of
being bath salts, because the white, powdery substance often resembles
epsom salts and other legal products found in bath salts.
Investigators said they also recovered several firearms at the home.
"More charges are possible as the investigation continues," police said.
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