Monday, April 30, 2012

WV Attorney General Sues Georgia Company

{Charleston, West Virginia}...West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced Monday that a lawsuit has been filed in Putnam County Circuit Court against Nutragenomics Manufacturing LLC of Alpharetta, Georgia, a company that allegedly distributes the chemical ingredients used to illegally make designer drugs in West Virginia. McGraw says the company sells ingredients used to make drugs known as bath salts and synthetic marijuana, among other things, while it misleads consumers into thinking its products are legal in West Virginia. The lawsuit seeks to force the company to identify West Virginia clients who bought its products, along with the chemicals purchased, and to ban the company from advertising its products as legal in the state and also seeks $5,000 penalties for each violation of the state's Consumer Protection Act.