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A Chemistry Teacher Starts Manufacturing Meth
Show: "Breaking Bad"
Episode: "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"
Air date: March 2, 2008
"Breaking Bad" is one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of all time, but its premise of a chemistry teacher using his skills to cook meth seemed deliberately unrealistic. Wrong. In 2014, Portland police arrested Mount Hood Community College chemistry instructor Alexander Rudine for running his own meth lab. Like Walter White, Rudine lived in a middle-class suburban neighborhood. According to police reports, the arresting officers found inside the house "notes on how to re-crystalize methamphetamine, along with a handwritten scientific formula at the bottom of the page." A suspected drug runner tipped off the cops. As any fan of the show can tell you, Walter didn't get into serious trouble until he started working with Tuco. It's possible that "Breaking Bad" was less of a predictor and more of an inspiration for this teacher's life of crime.
Show: "Breaking Bad"
Episode: "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"
Air date: March 2, 2008
"Breaking Bad" is one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of all time, but its premise of a chemistry teacher using his skills to cook meth seemed deliberately unrealistic. Wrong. In 2014, Portland police arrested Mount Hood Community College chemistry instructor Alexander Rudine for running his own meth lab. Like Walter White, Rudine lived in a middle-class suburban neighborhood. According to police reports, the arresting officers found inside the house "notes on how to re-crystalize methamphetamine, along with a handwritten scientific formula at the bottom of the page." A suspected drug runner tipped off the cops. As any fan of the show can tell you, Walter didn't get into serious trouble until he started working with Tuco. It's possible that "Breaking Bad" was less of a predictor and more of an inspiration for this teacher's life of crime.