Bill Stewart wrote:
The government tried to prove that he was trying to manufacture meth, but was unable and Jim pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Misleading. He pled guilty to a 'different' charge, which had nothing to do with 'drugs', but was some EPA type of thing, as I recall.
(Of course, what are prohibited molecules and non-prohibited molecules is an ever changing maze. It is pretty hard to keep track of what is "legal" and "illegal" in that area. Seems to be "whatever we say it is".
It's actually quite straightforward - it all depends on the intent of the molecules being arrested. If they're just loitering around, it's not illegal, but if they're loitering with intent to commit public intoxication, or conspiring to form an illegal syndicate, you may be in big trouble....
I bought some drugs once, intending to try them. Then I changed my mind... -- Toto "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" http://bureau42.base.org/public/xenix/xenbody.html