Catfish Bait Heroin

(Lebanon, Ohio) Three people have been convicted on counterfeit drug charges in Warren County Common Pleas Court. William Perry, 22, and Rosanne Wead, 20, pleaded guilty this week to one count of trafficking in counterfeit controlled substances. Last month, 27-year-old Jerry Snowden pleaded guilty to counterfeit substance charges after arranging to sell fake heroin and LSD to an undercover officer.

Reportedly, the trio mixed catfish bait and vinegar to create the fake heroin.

"We have gotten no reports of anyone else getting them, but quite frankly the people who may have gotten them aren't likely to report it," prosecutor Rachel Hutzel said Wednesday.

Snowden was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Wead received six months. Perry has yet to be sentenced.

According to John Burke of the Greater Warren County Drug Task Force, the effects of injecting the catfish bait and vinegar mixture are currently unknown. Note, however, that catfish are attracted to material that's rancid and stinks and full of bacteria. Obviously, anything that is bacteria-laden wouldn't be healthy in the blood system.

On the other hand, I'd speculate that the mixture might work as a poor man's salad dressing. Just pour over lettuce and toss.