Bath Salts Addiction Wreaking Havoc on Columbus Man

Bath Salts Addiction Wreaking Havoc on Columbus Man – COLUMBUS — A man is desperately looking for help in his battle against bath salts addiction.Brian Van Sickle reached out to ABC 6/FOX 28 after experiencing a relapse after avoiding the powerful drug for seven months.Van Sickle says bath salts have proven to be an exceedingly difficult drug habit to kick.”It is a disgusting drug. I’ve pretty much beaten all other drugs I’ve battled in my life — crack ,heroin, prescirption pills — (I) got off those.”Van Sickle’s most recent relapse landed him at Grant Hospital. His sister says she spends her day’s dreading the possible ramifications of her brother’s addiction.”You wait every minute, day and night, to get a phone call saying that (he’s) dead somewhere,” Kim Van Sickle said.Brian Van Sickle says he hopes to enter a rehabilitation program, but lacks medical insurance.————————————–Reporter: Carol LuperWeb Producer: Ken Hines

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