"How did Burton Ritchie and DEA Special Agent Claude Cosey wind up in federal prison, convicted as drug kingpins, after being indicted years later in three states and taken to trial three times? The answer lies in the weirdest chapter of the War on Drugs, a synthetic saga that's unfolding to this day. It all stems from a little-known Reagan-era law called the Analogue Act. The 1986 law bans substances that are "substantially similar" to controlled ones. But what does "substantially similar" mean? The law's amorphous ...
Read More
"How did Burton Ritchie and DEA Special Agent Claude Cosey wind up in federal prison, convicted as drug kingpins, after being indicted years later in three states and taken to trial three times? The answer lies in the weirdest chapter of the War on Drugs, a synthetic saga that's unfolding to this day. It all stems from a little-known Reagan-era law called the Analogue Act. The 1986 law bans substances that are "substantially similar" to controlled ones. But what does "substantially similar" mean? The law's amorphous standard has left people guessing about what's legal. Unlike the traditional war against heroin, cocaine, and other well-known drugs, when it comes to new synthetics, the government doesn't announce which ones it thinks are illegal before bringing charges. Making matters stranger, still, the DEA's own scientists haven't always agreed on what to ban. Indeed, a senior research chemist with the agency thought the spice Burton and Ben sold was legal"--
Read Less
Add this copy of Bizarro: the Surreal Saga of America's Secret War on to cart. $12.12, like new condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2024 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of Bizarro: the Surreal Saga of America's Secret War on to cart. $12.15, very good condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2023 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of Bizarro: the Surreal Saga of America? S Secret War on to cart. $38.83, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2023 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of Bizarro: the Surreal Saga of America's Secret War on to cart. $40.01, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2024 by University of California Press.
