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Germs Drummer Arrested for GHB: Hippy Soap to Blame?

THURSDAY APRIL 12 2007 10:00 AM

Submitted by PointBlank. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: germs, drugs, rock

Last week, Germs drummer Don Bolles was arrested for narcotics possession after a traffic stop in Newport Beach, California when police tested his soap -- Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap -- and found that it contained GHB.

A field test of the soap indicated it was GHB, said Sgt. Evan Sailor of the Newport Beach Police Department. Bolles, whose real name is Jimmy Michael Giorsetti, was arrested on suspicion of felony narcotics possession. He was released from jail Sunday on $2,500 bond.

He told the Los Angeles Times he has been using Dr. Bronner's for 35 years, adding that the organic ingredients help give him the complexion of a 15-year-old girl. "A date-rape drug is the last thing I need," he said. "If anything, I need a way to keep the girls off me. They make my girlfriend mad."

Dr. Bronner's has hired a lawyer to assist in defending Bolles, saying that the test must have been flawed. According to a company spokesperson, the soap can test positive for THC since it contains hemp oil, but the company was baffled as to why GHB showed up. There was no word on why the officers tested his soap in the first place.

UPDATE: The folks over at VBS.tv recently interviewed Don Bolles about some Dos & Don'ts. Check out the exclusive videos here and here.

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baudot

Los Angeles, CA

February 2004

APR 12, 2007 10:08 AM

No wonder I feel so good after each shower.

SignalNoise

Chicago, IL

February 2004

APR 12, 2007 10:19 AM

Hippies have soap?

mydogfarted

Waldwick, NJ

June 2003

APR 12, 2007 10:40 AM

Sweet! I'll have to start giving out Dr. Bronner's and Cokes to my dates!

queen_reality

Fort Lauderdale, FL

March 2007

APR 12, 2007 10:44 AM

thats kinda weird but whatever

wildswan

I'm lost

June 2006

APR 12, 2007 10:52 AM

Weird. Completely and utterly weird.

Mr_Matt_

Hollywood, FL

July 2005

APR 12, 2007 10:58 AM

So that's the reall reason the peppermint makes me tingle!

HarManic

Decatur, IL

March 2005

APR 12, 2007 11:44 AM

It's the secret ingredient to make you believe the ravings on the label.

Squire

La Crosse, WI

November 2003

APR 12, 2007 12:10 PM

HarManic said:
It's the secret ingredient to make you believe the ravings on the label.

As if reading that stuff on my bottle of peppermint castlle every morning wasn't enough. Now they're trying to dose me.

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL

October 2004

APR 12, 2007 12:11 PM

Hmm. Sounds like it might be an error. Why would he hide GHB in something that's not edible or potable?

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH

February 2007

APR 12, 2007 12:17 PM

SocietysPliers said:
Hmm. Sounds like it might be an error. Why would he hide GHB in something that's not edible or potable?

Maybe he has some dirty girl fetish in which he washes her mouth out with soap? :::shrugs::::

PointBlank

New York, NY

November 2004

APR 12, 2007 12:18 PM

SocietysPliers said:
Hmm. Sounds like it might be an error. Why would he hide GHB in something that's not edible or potable?

The liquid (peppermint scented, at least) Dr Bronner's is potable in small doses. They even suggest using it diluted in water as a mouthwash.

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL

October 2004

APR 12, 2007 12:34 PM

Guess I need another cup of coffee. I just noticed after my comment the Germs/soap irony.

I still can't figure why drugs would be hidden in liquid soap, unless he knew an extraction method. Seems a shady bust.

SocietysPliers

Ocala, FL

October 2004

APR 12, 2007 12:37 PM

PointBlank said:

SocietysPliers said:
Hmm. Sounds like it might be an error. Why would he hide GHB in something that's not edible or potable?

The liquid (peppermint scented, at least) Dr Bronner's is potable in small doses. They even suggest using it diluted in water as a mouthwash.

Thank you. I'd forgotten. I used to use peppermint Bronner's, back before I swore off bathing.

Still, small quantities may be okay, but unless there was a ridiculously high concentration of GHB (and I admittedly have no inkling as to GHB dosages), it still seems odd.

BrokenandHostile said:

SocietysPliers said:
Hmm. Sounds like it might be an error. Why would he hide GHB in something that's not edible or potable?

Maybe he has some dirty girl fetish in which he washes her mouth out with soap? :::shrugs::::

Sorry, PointBlank, I like this answer better.

Odette

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

APR 12, 2007 12:42 PM

isnt "hippy soap" almost an oxmoron?

hippies..... soap.....

good one!

erin_broadley

NEWSWIRE

Los Angeles, CA

APR 12, 2007 01:37 PM

either he's being set up or this is the most clever publicity stunt to promo the upcoming Germs biopic EVER! germs...soap...too perfect

i wish him the best of luck. newport beach cops can be quite the headache...