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Part 2: What We Can Do to Confront the Threat of New Designer Drugs from China

allan12 years ago12 years ago14 mins

Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. This is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com Part one of this report discussed the…

Ex-Trashman Makes Killing on Pot-Like High Product

allan14 years ago14 years ago02 mins

By Justin Blum Bloomberg Derek Williams was working as a trash-truck driver when his cousin told him about K2, a product made from plant materials and chemicals that provided a legal, marijuana-like high. Williams saw his ticket out of the residential rubbish business: Make a better blend. He studied compounds that mimic the effects of…