A Q for the Meth Creators

OZONE

If the chemist in breaking bad is so amazing, why do they have to buy psuedophed (or steal the main ingredient), couldn't a stud chemist just make it?

PurpleJ

Psuedophed


I LOLed

OZONE

I blame typos on my android note 3 browser auto correct

PurpleJ

OZONE said:

I blame typos on my android note 3 browser auto correct

COOK MY METH DUCK!!!!!1!!

AZDuck

What's the deal with airline food?

doogsinparadise

Isnt that like a major plot line in season two?

PurpleJ

As long as we are on the subject of TV shows, I will add that I highly recommend Drunk History.

OZONE

doogsinparadise said:

Isnt that like a major plot line in season two?

If I recall, that is when they switch from buying the boxes of psudafed (or having helpers do that), to stealing a barrel of the main ingredient. But the question remains... if that guy is such a bad ass chemist, why can't he synthesize it... why do they have to risk stealing a barrel of it at night from a guarded warehouse?

AZDuck

It's actually an entirely different precursor. The basic (easy) way to make meth is using pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) and red phosphorus, which has lousy yields and low purity.

In season 2 (SPOILERS Y'ALL) they steal a barrel of methylamine and use a different synth to yield the desired drug - which is the notorious "blue" meth.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/15/heres-what-breaking-bad-gets-right-and-wrong-about-the-meth-business/

OZONE

AZDuck said:

It's actually an entirely different precursor. The basic (easy) way to make meth is using pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) and red phosphorus, which has lousy yields and low purity.

In season 2 (SPOILERS Y'ALL) they steal a barrel of methylamine and use a different synth to yield the desired drug - which is the notorious "blue" meth.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/08/15/heres-what-breaking-bad-gets-right-and-wrong-about-the-meth-business/

Okay cool, but why can't the bad ass chemist make methylamine? Why do they have to risk stealing it?

AZDuck

The WaPo article covers that. It's better TV the way they do it.