The interesting thing is that this guy was making meth for himself, as he didn’t want to get caught buying it on the street.
The trailer-park drug known as “hillbilly crack” has been putting on the Ritz lately – as federal drug agents uncovered a crystal-meth lab inside the $6,000-a-month Manhattan penthouse of a bank executive, authorities said yesterday.
Michael Knibb, an information-technology vice president at Citigroup, ran the sophisticated drug operation from the living room of his luxury apartment overlooking the United Nations, said Drug Enforcement Administration officials.
Should the penalty for this guy be the same as someone who makes it to sell, or does it matter?
Reminds me of a Chem prof when I was @NYU: Dr. John Buettner-Janusch. He was making cocaine as I recall in the school chem labs circa 1980. Way to work it. He was shown the door obviously.
In the articles case, I guess theres not really much of an appeal here, “for my own personal use?”, “for medical use?” “how many grams makes it a felony?” No good answers there I feel for that guy. Just shows you how addictive that substance can be, a $250k career he was willing to jeopardize for the chemical. amazing.
Meth is bad. Putting people in jail for nonviolent crimes for this amount of time is stupid.Put this idiot on probation for 20 years and drug test him weekly.Much cheaper and more productive.Unlike violent crime drugs aren’t a sin they are just stupid.
…the guy is a moron! Meth is so addictive that it makes sane people nutty after a few times uses. It’s like they get possessed! They can’t think/do anything else. (They make heroin mom’s look like model parents!!! They make crackheads look like the picture of glowing health!!.)
But, geez, making it in an apartment? Think of the STENCH the neighbors had to put up with….talk about air pollution! The chemicals, the wafting odors, the “gets to the bottom of your lungs and won’t come out” crap that floats in the air. Yucka. Fine the guy for toxic waste, in addition to a jail sentence and a bitch slap for stupidity….
Mr. Dvorak, less pictures of strung out meth-heads and anorexic ladies. Bring back the ATI girls.
Funny, just last night I was watching the 1933 movie Baby Face, in which Barbara Stanwick’s father dies when his illegal still overheats and explodes.
I don’t care if the guy wants to take meth..that’s his business.
I really don’t care if he wants to sell meth…that’s his customer’s business.
But, running a very potentially explosive lab in an urban apartment building…that’s a public menace.
He should get the same jail time as someone running a petroleum distillery in their kitchen.
DAve
Ok, he should go straight to rehab for however long it takes (paid for by the state of course) and that should be the end of it.
No wonder the IT department at Citigroup has always seemed a little bit wired…
The building owner is now be responsable for cleaning up this toxic waste. I know because I had some idiots doing this on one of my propertys. Cost $20,000 I was tretioned with fines from the EPA till it was done.
Look up some pictrures of meth lab explosions and the deadly mold from pot grow ops and then tell me that it’s not so bad because it’s just recreational.
First off, I’ve done pot and meth when I was younger. I don’t now though. There can be no comparison between the two. Pot does have medical properties that may be beneficial to a great many people. Meth is only good for keeping truck drivers awake and even then, there are better alternatives.
I am totally unaware of anyone being hurt because of a pot growing operation. One year ago, someone ¼ mile from my ma-in-law’s house blew up himself and his garage and severely damaged the house with his wife and two kids inside while making meth.
Several adjoining counties share a haz-mat team solely to clean up after meth labs. They are not as prevalent as they were, but they haven’t disbanded the team.
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Yes, he should be sentenced into a rehabilitation facility. He is an addict and therefore sick. By helping him recover, a useful person may be returned to society. I’m not suggesting he do six or even eight weeks then be let out. Make it a minimum of six month and let the facility determine when he has made enough progress to be given some freedom. Filling another jail cell is too counter productive and should be reserved for those who are truly a danger to society.
ive been around bout 1000 or so labs and never seen or heard of an explosion. i dont even see how its possible. a cup of fuel is about the only thing even close to flammable. and you can put a cigarette out in it and not light it. but he had to of had traffic or been deal’n for them to suspect. but he should of been smart and kept it cleaned up.