It's basically Breaking Bad IRL.
A Chinese associate chemistry professor was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for manufacturing drugs and selling them abroad.
The prof, named only as Zhang, made more than 4 million yuan ($582,000) in profit annually with his partner, according to a report by the China News Service.
He sold at least 193kg (425 lbs) worth of methylone to buyers in Britain, Canada, the U.S. and Australia, after realising that psychoactive drugs were heavily in demand in Australia, whilst on a research trip there in 2014. Read more...
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