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