All I'm gonna say is that before y'all pile on to Brasky, maybe think about whether the distinction you're trying to make is semantic or substantive...
twmd compared the dude to QAnon lol
It's substantive. So substantive that I think it's disputable that Brasky had a "kernel" of truth.
Excerpt:
Recently, methamphetamine average purity has dramatically
increased. However, the increase in purity in seized methamphetamine has
been independent of the offender’s rank in a distribution operation. For
example, the purity of methamphetamine submitted to DEA labs between
2006 and 2010 skyrocketed, while the street price went down.5 In the
following graph, data from STRIDE shows the marked disparity in the
prevalence of ice.
The increase in purity is better explained by a change in the
manufacturing process. In March 2006, the Combat Methamphetamine
Epidemic Act of 2005 was signed into law. P.L 109-177, 120 Stat. 192, 120
Stat. 265. The Act was intended to combat production of methamphetamine
by regulating and restricting certain precursors such as pseudoephedrine
and ephedrine. It radically changed the landscape of methamphetamine
production by eliminating the main source of these precursor chemicals.
Methamphetamine is illicitly mass-manufactured via two processes:
(1) the “red phosphorous” method where pseudoephedrine or ephedrine is
reduced by red phosphorus, or (2) the “P2P” method, where phentl-2-
propanone is used to synthesize racemic6 methamphetamine by the
Leuckart method.7,8 The Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
effectively curtailed clandestine production of methamphetamine via the
“red phosphorous” method of methamphetamine production by restricting
the purchase of pseudoephedrine in the United States.
Thus,
producers shifted away from the red phosphorous method of
production by sourcing large-quantity precursor chemicals from China and
India into Mexico, where large batches of methamphetamine are now
produced via the P2P method of production. The P2P method initially
produces a “racemic” mixture of l- and d-methamphetamine,9 however,
additional mechanisms are used to drastically boost the purity level of the
d-methamphetamine.
We're in a situation now where China (and to a lesser extent, India) send unreal amounts of precursor to Mexico for ultra-pure, ultra-cheap meth. It's the back half of the opium wars.
