while you make some good points, theres far more unrealistic portrayals of dmt extraction busts i've seen. This one seems far more benign than some of the media report's i've read.
I don't see how they're using meth to "make dmt scary".
They clearly stated that the hikers thought it was a meth lab, but authorities confirmed it was not.
Yes, they have some screwy language saying the extractors were waiting for the drug to "cook" before coming back to get the dmt, but other than that, i don't see how they are leveraging methamphetamines notoriety to try and demonize dmt.
The hikers thought it was a meth lab, and then they go on to say it was clearly not.
Perhaps they could have got a picture of dmt, but the methamphetamine component of this report is warranted, since that what the people who thought it was when they discovered it.
Like i said, i've read news reports far more misleading than this one regarding dmt/meth and the authorities inability to see the clear distinction between the two.
And btw, it wouldn't be the authorities trying to use dmt to make meth look scary, it would be the reporters and editors of that particular media organization that published the story.
So i don't see how the authorities are doing what you say they are doing.
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