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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I'm not sure but I believe that MN has pretty tight analog laws so even though it was synthetic, when you get to brass tacks, there's not really non-synthetic methamphetamine.

I have to read more about it but I imagine the charges will stick.

And it does drive me nuts when articles go into detail about her claims the packs were birthday presents and there wee children in the room but leave out details like "the accused clearly didn't remember that you are supposed to call a damn attorney and not try to invent stupid stories to the police."

I mean, do people REALLY think they can explain this kind of stuff away like this and think the police will say "oh, gotcha. My bad - have a good week."

They must; you see this stuff in half the articles posted.

[–]CookyDough[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

there's not really non-synthetic methamphetamine.

I think Kay Fate said "synthetic methamphetamine" because she was trying in her ignorant way to say "a synthetic analog of methamphetamine" (even though that might not even be the case, stricktly speaking) in the same way that so many articles say "synthetic marijuana" (an oxymoron) when they mean a synthetically produced cannabinoid (like a JWH), but she probably doesn't know enough about drugs or molecules to write her story correctly / clearly.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you on that. I used to date a guy who lives in Rochester for his job and one of his complaints is that their local paper was horribly written.

I assume this is the paper he's talking about. I took a glance at it and it's pretty sad.

You'd think with Mayo and IBM they'd have a few intelligent-enough-to-differentiate-these-details people around. But then, I think the only reason to live in Rochester is if you work for Mayo or IBM, not the newspaper. I broke up with him partly because I could not imagine living there but leaving Mayo wasn't much of an option for him.

(My genuine apologies to any Minnesotans reading this, but it's COLD there! And you don't have a sea or ocean.)

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