#197 - America's Shadow War on Clandestine Chemistry | Jordan Rubin

Jordan Rubin is a journalist and a former prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where he was assigned to the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. EPISODE LINKS https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520387953 https://www.jordanrubin.net SPONSORS VERSO - Go to https://ver.so/danny to save 15% on your order. FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 0:00 - How Jordan became a NYC Narcotics prosecutor 4:54 - The DEA’s losing battle against drugs 10:32- Mexican cartels & the DEA 15:05- Discovering the BIZARRO case 17:42- The Analogue Act / How drug scheduling works 33:57- Why the military started using synthetic cannabis & bath salts 37:54- The “Synthetic Cannabinoid Kingpins” 51:47- Nation wide DEA Sting: OPERATION LOG JAM 1:08:42- The jury trial of the Florida Kingpins 1:10:21- The rogue DEA chemist who exposed them 1:20:49- Deadly consequences of pushing drugs underground 1:24:33- Asset forfeiture 1:35:38- Being convicted under the KINGPIN law 1:44:09- The new super-charged fentanyl law 1:54:03- Donald Trump indictments

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