Across the Country, the Federal Designer-Drug Crackdown Takes Prisoners, Cash, and a Legal Backlash
By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE –– Dev Bahadur Hamal worked behind the counter of the Tobacco Stop in Bel Air, one of those ubiquitous shops that sell legal smokables and accessories for illegal ones, like bongs, hookahs, rolling papers, pot grinders, and glass pipes. On Sept. 22, 2011, a customer stepped up to the…