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Inside a drug war so screwy that people dont know whats illegaluntil its too late

Bizarro is a mustlisten tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki the Floridabased founders of a sprawling spice synthetic cannabinoid operation With this book journalist and former New York City narcotics prosecutor Jordan S Rubin exposes a Reaganera law called the Analogue Act which targets dealers selling drugs that are substantially similar to controlled substancesan unwieldy law that produces erratic results in court

Rubin brings listeners deep inside the synthetic war exploring how Ritchie and Galecki landed in its crosshairs and why one of the DEAs own chemists may have been their best chance at freedom until he was arrested too This strangerthanfiction narrative is backed by thousands of pages of court records and exclusive interviews with defendants lawyers law enforcement celebrities and more Bizarro reveals the world of underground chemists making drugs faster than the government can ban them dealers making millions in a gray market and a justice system run amok