Better Call Saul...

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abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/breaking-bad-winner-arrested-drug-charges-21400135

Authorities say a Florida man who won a raffle to watch the series finale of AMC's "Breaking Bad" with the cast has been charged with running a drug distribution operation.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office reports that Ryan Lee Carroll sold synthetic marijuana and shipped it across the U.S. from his Fort Myers home with two other men. He was arrested on New Year's Eve.

Authorities seized more than $1 million in synthetic marijuana during the bust.

According to deputies, the suspects used a cement mixer to create the drugs. The drugs were shipped through the U.S. Postal Service.

Investigators also seized a souvenir Hazmat suit signed by "Breaking Bad" cast members. The TV show follows a former high school teacher who produces and sells meth with a previous student.

[billisonboard]

... synthetic marijuana ...

[Sum Dum Gai]

If it's synthetic marijuana, is it actually illegal?  I thought we only put the actual drugs on the controlled substance list.  If I start a web site selling "pot" by the pound, but I ship bags of oregano is that actually illegal?  I mean, the false advertising part would be I guess, but I mean the shipping pounds of oregano part.

[sesfw]

Do you mean calling Solomon? He is the one with the wisdom.

[billisonboard]

Jan 2, 2014 20:46:35 GMT -5 sesfw said:

Do you mean calling Solomon? He is the one with the wisdom.

Saul McGill, known almost exclusively by his professional alias Saul Goodman, is a fictional character in the American television drama series Breaking Bad on AMC. He is portrayed by Bob Odenkirk and was created by Peter Gould, a writer of the series.[1] Saul is a criminal lawyer and can be easily found in the yellow pages of Albuquerque. His made up surname "Goodman" is a play on words to better attract clients: "'S'all good, man!" becomes "Saul Goodman". He is also known for his low-budget television commercials in Albuquerque, where he advertises mainly under the tagline “Better Call Saul!” Saul will be the main character of the upcoming spin-off series Better Call Saul. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Goodman_%28Breaking_Bad%29

[EVT1]

Jan 2, 2014 17:48:48 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

If it's synthetic marijuana, is it actually illegal?  I thought we only put the actual drugs on the controlled substance list.  If I start a web site selling "pot" by the pound, but I ship bags of oregano is that actually illegal?  I mean, the false advertising part would be I guess, but I mean the shipping pounds of oregano part.

Actually it is   (Selling fake drugs)

The legality of the synthetic stuff is in flux- the law chases the formula.  I think it is stupid- want to smoke some pot buy some pot.  Want to do coke- buy some coke.  Why would anyone pay crazy prices for some chemical concoction that might kill you.  Actually it is just incense and bath salts, and flowers in glass tubes are not crack pipes either

[djAdvocate]

Jan 2, 2014 22:29:18 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Jan 2, 2014 17:48:48 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

If it's synthetic marijuana, is it actually illegal?  I thought we only put the actual drugs on the controlled substance list.  If I start a web site selling "pot" by the pound, but I ship bags of oregano is that actually illegal?  I mean, the false advertising part would be I guess, but I mean the shipping pounds of oregano part.

Actually it is   (Selling fake drugs)

The legality of the synthetic stuff is in flux- the law chases the formula.  I think it is stupid- want to smoke some pot buy some pot.  Want to do coke- buy some coke.  Why would anyone pay crazy prices for some chemical concoction that might kill you.  Actually it is just incense and bath salts, and flowers in glass tubes are not crack pipes either

marinol is inferior to pot, anyway- and it is way more costly.  so why should anyone accept a pale substitute?

[Sum Dum Gai]

Criminalizing fake drugs... people be crazy. You can get high huffing gasoline, are they going to outlaw that next?

[EVT1]

Jan 2, 2014 22:35:54 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Criminalizing fake drugs... people be crazy. You can get high huffing gasoline, are they going to outlaw that next?

Huffing gas is illegal

[Sum Dum Gai]

Yeah but selling gas isn't. I don't see why fake pot should be. If a kid wants to get high they'll find a way.

[djAdvocate]

Jan 2, 2014 22:35:54 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Criminalizing fake drugs... people be crazy. You can get high huffing gasoline, are they going to outlaw that next?

you can get a pretty good buzz by bashing your head with a brick too.  let's outlaw bricks.

we need to stop thinking like puritans and start acting like grownups.

[EVT1]

Jan 2, 2014 23:02:10 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Yeah but selling gas isn't. I don't see why fake pot should be. If a kid wants to get high they'll find a way.

Selling fake gas is

[EVT1]

There is a way- go buy some weed- not like the war on drugs has worked in any conceivable fashion.  

[Sum Dum Gai]

Jan 2, 2014 23:06:44 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Jan 2, 2014 23:02:10 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Yeah but selling gas isn't. I don't see why fake pot should be. If a kid wants to get high they'll find a way.

Selling fake gas is

None of the gas stations here got that memo. They're all cutting it with corn by product.

[EVT1]

Jan 2, 2014 23:03:03 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Jan 2, 2014 22:35:54 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Criminalizing fake drugs... people be crazy. You can get high huffing gasoline, are they going to outlaw that next?

you can get a pretty good buzz by bashing your head with a brick too.  let's outlaw bricks.

we need to stop thinking like puritans and start acting like grownups.

I was sick last week- I had to let Walgreens SCAN my driver's license before they would sell me the good Nyquil!!!!!  Enough is enough.

Funny the GOP cries forever that guns are not the problem, that people are, yet drugs are the problem, not people.

[EVT1]

Jan 2, 2014 23:11:23 GMT -5 Sum Dum Gai said:

Jan 2, 2014 23:06:44 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Selling fake gas is

None of the gas stations here got that memo. They're all cutting it with corn by product.

  Good one!

[djAdvocate]

Jan 2, 2014 23:14:48 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Jan 2, 2014 23:03:03 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

you can get a pretty good buzz by bashing your head with a brick too.  let's outlaw bricks.

we need to stop thinking like puritans and start acting like grownups.

I was sick last week- I had to let Walgreens SCAN my driver's license before they would sell me the good Nyquil!!!!!  Enough is enough.

Funny the GOP cries forever that guns are not the problem, that people are, yet drugs are the problem, not people.

i have tried the argument: "tell you what- you can have all the guns you want if i can have all of the drugs i want", and it works about half the time.

the other half of the time i get "drugs are not protected by the constitution".  my reply to that one is "maybe they ought to be".

[sesfw]

Saul McGill, known almost exclusively by his professional alias Saul Goodman, is a fictional character in the American television drama series Breaking Bad on AMC.

Mae culpa .......... I was thinking about the wisdom of Solomon.  I've never seen this TV series so it went over my head.

[Value Buy]

Jan 2, 2014 23:14:48 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Jan 2, 2014 23:03:03 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

you can get a pretty good buzz by bashing your head with a brick too.  let's outlaw bricks.

we need to stop thinking like puritans and start acting like grownups.

I was sick last week- I had to let Walgreens SCAN my driver's license before they would sell me the good Nyquil!!!!!  Enough is enough.

Funny the GOP cries forever that guns are not the problem, that people are, yet drugs are the problem, not people.

Ah, you definitely have a problem there.

Nyquil is an over the counter medication still stocked on grocery shelves

Do they have to scan a license, or do they just have to punch in a birth date?

Scanning a license would seem a little over the top.

Unless you are a problem for Walgreen's

[EVT1]

They made me take it out so they could scan it.

Sure there is shitty Nyquil on the shelf- tried it-no good.  Same with sudafed or anything similar- if you want the stuff that works you have to wait in line at the pharmacy, pay extra, and be scanned into a database.  It is over the top.

[zibazinski]

Suds fed is the same way. Some people make meth with it, I think? I had pharmacist explain it to me.

[zibazinski]

Sudafed

[EVT1]

Yep- so I am a suspected meth cook or smurf automatically when it comes to state law.  No one complaining about that government intrusion- except me I guess.

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Jan 2, 2014 23:14:48 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Jan 2, 2014 23:03:03 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

you can get a pretty good buzz by bashing your head with a brick too.  let's outlaw bricks.

we need to stop thinking like puritans and start acting like grownups.

I was sick last week- I had to let Walgreens SCAN my driver's license before they would sell me the good Nyquil!!!!!  Enough is enough.

Funny the GOP cries forever that guns are not the problem, that people are, yet drugs are the problem, not people.

Holy shit, I actually agree with you.  

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jan 3, 2014 11:23:08 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Jan 2, 2014 23:14:48 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

I was sick last week- I had to let Walgreens SCAN my driver's license before they would sell me the good Nyquil!!!!!  Enough is enough.

Funny the GOP cries forever that guns are not the problem, that people are, yet drugs are the problem, not people.

Ah, you definitely have a problem there.

Nyquil is an over the counter medication still stocked on grocery shelves

Do they have to scan a license, or do they just have to punch in a birth date?

Scanning a license would seem a little over the top.

Unless you are a problem for Walgreen's

Anywhere in the US, if you want a product that contains pseudoephedrine - which is, IMHO, the BEST (most effective) nasal decongestant you can get- you have to show ID and you are limited in the quantity that you can purchase in a given period of time.  You can go to another drug store five states away, and if you purchased yesterday- you will be denied.  I left a box I just bought in my hotel room in NY and they refused to sell me a replacement box when I went to get some more in Florida.  They said I had to wait a week.  I said obviously if I could wait a week, I wouldn't need it by then.