Florida heroin bust reveals something bizarre: Drugs covered in Donald Trumps face

[riversedge]

All I can think of is $$$$$ involved somehow ---somehow!



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/04/florida-heroin-bust-reveals-something-bizarre-drugs-covered-in-donald-trumps-face/?postshare=2331486211934116&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.d600b474b161

Florida heroin bust reveals something bizarre: Drugs covered in Donald Trump’s face


By Peter Holley February 4 at 7:17 AM
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Authorities in Florida still don’t know why President Trump’s name and likeness were printed on packets of heroin seized by detectives. (Courtesy of NBC affiliate WFLA)

Heroin, like cocaine and marijuana, seems to inspire an endless supply of monikers once the drug hits the streets.

In case you needed a refresher, there’s “dope,” “smack,” “China white,” “brown sugar,” “Mexican mud,” “black tar,” “horse,” “snowball,” and “Big H,” just to name a few.

Florida law enforcement officials announced this week that there’s a new name for the deadly drug: “Donald Trump.”

After a six-month investigation into local drug dealing, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office last month confiscated 5,500 heroin packages, some of which included an image of the president’s face and name, according to NBC affiliate WFLA.



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The heroin bust — the largest in county history, according to Sheriff Al Nienhuis — also turned up heroin-filled envelopes named after Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Some bore the name of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug kingpin. Most of the drugs were seized Jan. 27, the Times reported, but authorities didn’t know why they were labeled with different faces...................................

[SticksnStones]

1. Branding, baby! It's all about the branding...

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Why do you think they call it dope?

Biggest dope I know.

[livetohike]

5. ROFL!

:rifl:

[malaise]

6. You in the thread

[mercuryblues]

3. Trump will sue them

for using his name without paying licensing fees.

[SeattleVet]

14. Are we sure they *didn't*? nt

[Mc Mike]

4. Dealers know the latest pronouncements from twitler will cause people to turn to smack for relief.

A bumper crop of new customers. Shrewd marketing strategy.

[Thor_MN]

7. The Horse's front implies the...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. So what's the bizarre part? NT

[GaYellowDawg]

9. Make America Jolly Pop Again

[KittyWampus]

10. My ultra-cynical side wants to say it's a CIA stash and they're getting back at Trump.

[ismnotwasm]

11. OMG

Trump right in there with sleazy Trump dealers...

[Freethinker65]

12. Soma

[sheshe2]

13. Trump got a "smack" down.

[pinboy3niner]

15. Funny, some are suggesting just the opposite

That Donald Trump's face is covered in drugs.

[Moosepoop]

16. Have they tested all the packets?

The Trump ones are probably fake.

[ret5hd]

17. Alternative Heroin.