No. of Recommendations: 9
Hmm. If we have someone in the chemical industry, that only makes your point less tenable as they *know* that compound is on the DEA's radar.
No one's saying these folks are innocent - they clearly weren't following the rules, and I agree that they probably knew what the rules were. Just that this isn't anything that involves "bioterror" or "bioweapons."
"Importing"? That's a great euphemism for "smuggling", which is the word you should be using.
Probably just used that because it's the word you used. Your hypothetical described it as "illegally importing":
Uh, huh. Tell me. If the Feds bust someone for illegally importing Propionyl Chloride (a fentanyl precursor that has legit uses in chemical processing) is it more likely or less likely that the suspect is:
Since that's what I was responding to, I reflexively just paralleled your word usage without giving it too much thought. Occupational hazard of just dashing of responses on a message board, I guess.
