Bizarro: The Surreal Saga of America's Secret War on Synthetic Drugs and the Florida Kingpins It Captured

Inside a drug war so screwy that people don’t know what’s illegal—until it’s too late.

Bizarro is a page—turning tale of the unprecedented prosecution of Burton Ritchie and Ben Galecki, the Florida—based founders of a sprawling “spice” (synthetic cannabinoid) operation. With this book, journalist and former New York City narcotics prosecutor Jordan S. Rubin exposes a Reagan—era law called the Analogue Act, which targets dealers selling drugs that are “substantially similar” to controlled su...