People are getting high off 'Catnip Cocktail' and going wild, New Jersey police say
Police in Fairfield, N.J., seized 61 bottles of Catnip Cocktail during a raid on a nutrition store Thursday. The liquid is marketed as an anti-anxiety supplement for cats and dogs, and contains no catnip.
It turned out to be the first of several incidents where police in the northern New Jersey suburb encountered alarming behavior from people who appeared to be under the influence of the little-known drug. On Thursday, the Fairfield Police Department announced that they had raided Nutrition Zone and seized 61 bottles of Catnip Cocktail, along with other contraband.
While police have described Catnip Cocktail as a pet sedative, there’s no evidence that it’s actually recommended for use on animals. It’s not available through the websites of major retailers like Petco, PetSmart and Pet Supplies Plus, all of which sell over-the-counter supplements intended to reduce pets’ anxiety, but it is sold in online smoke shops, according to WNBC.
But outside of those two instances, Catnip Cocktail appears to have mostly turned up in northern New Jersey. In July 2017, two men were arrested in Hanover Township, roughly 20 minutes from Fairfield, when a police officer found several bottles in their car during a traffic stop. In January 2018, a man was pulled over in nearby Wayne for dangerously cutting across several lanes of traffic and then speeding past a patrol car.
Then, two weeks ago, they got another call. This time, a man allegedly carrying a bottle of Catnip Cocktail was found unconscious outside a gym in Fairfield. Officers used Narcan, which is typically used to reverse opioid overdoses, to revive him and then sent him to the hospital, a statement said.
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