A FLORIDA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON AFTER BEING FOUND OUT
THAT HE WAS THE CEO OF THE SO-CALLED PURPLE DRANK.
IF YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC, YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT PURPLE DRANK,
THERE IS APPARENTLY A CRIMINAL ELEMENT TO IT, AND IT
INVOLVES HARRISON GARCIA, WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON.
ACCORDING TO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, GARCIA WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING THE SOUTH FLORIDA MUSIC SCENE WITH
THE CONCOCTION, A MIX OF PROMETHAZINE, WITH CODEINE,
SODA, AND JOLLY RANCHERS.
I THINK THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY, I FOUND IT AMAZING
BECAUSE OF HOW INCREDIBLY DUMB THIS, AND ALL IS.
THE REASON WHY HE GOT CAUGHT WAS BECAUSE HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT IT
ON INSTAGRAM INCESSANTLY, AND SO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WERE LIKE,
OH, THIS GUY, WE THINK HE MIGHT BE TIED TO A STRING OF
BURGLARIES WITH THESE DRUGSTORES IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA.
NOW, THE 27-YEAR-OLD RELENTLESSLY POSTED ONLINE,
REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS THE CEO OF PURPLE DRANK, AND EVEN
SPORTING A PENDANT FEATURING A DIAMOND ENCRUSTED STYROFOAM CUP.
THAT IS HOW THEY TAKE PURPLE DRANK, THE STYROFOAM CUPS.
I THINK IT'S THOSE RED CUPS.
NO?
I'VE NEVER HAD THE PURPLE DRINK SURE YOU HAVEN'T.
I'M A SQUARE, BUT IF YOU HAD TO BE SOMETHING AND THAT YOU
MADE AT HOME AND IT HAS BUGS IN IT I'D BE LIKE, THANKS BUT
NO THANKS.
SUMMARY GET ME A COKE, OR A BEER OR SOMEBODY GO OR WHATEVER,
BUT I'M NOT THINKING THAT.
LET'S GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT HIS INSTAGRAM PAGE.
RECORDS PROVIDED BY INSTAGRAM REVEALED THAT DIRECT
MESSAGES SENT AND RECEIVED BY GARCIA, IN WHICH GARCIA
NEGOTIATED WITH CUSTOMERS FOR THE SALE OF PROMETHAZINE
WITH CODEINE, MARIJUANA AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,
AND ALSO AGREED TO PROVIDE THE REQUESTED
AND NARCOTICS."
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY THINK HE MIGHT BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
W WHAT I THINK HE IS GUILTY OF AND NOT GUILTY OF.
THE BURGLARIES, WHERE THEY WENT AND GOT THE INGREDIENTS
THEY NEEDED, IT IS A 14 CREW THAT DOESN'T EVEN INVOLVE
HIM, HE IS PROBABLY THE RINGLEADER FOR IT.
SO, IF I WAS ALL PROVEN OUT, AND IT APPARENTLY HAS BEEN IN
TRIALS, YET HE SHOULD GO TO PRISON FOR THAT, NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT ALL DRUGS SHOULD BE LEGAL, SO I WOULDN'T DRINK THIS,
AND IT PROBABLY HAS DONE ñ THERE'S GOOD THERE IS AS TOO
MUCH HARM IT'S DONE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, TO SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WHO DRANK IT.
I THINK IT IS LEGAL, I THINK THIS IS AN ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE.
BUT THEY ARE CHARGING HIM WITH, YOU KNOW, SELLING IT.
IF IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL THAN HE'S ALLOWED TO SELL IT.
THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY CHARGE HIM FOR SELLING IT, THEY CHARGED
HIM FOR STEALING THE MATERIAL, AND THEN RESELLING IT.
SO, LOOK, I THINK IN TERMS OF DRUGS, THE MORE LEGAL WE MAKE
ALL THE DRUGS, THE SAFER THEY ARE GOING TO BE, RIGHT?
SO, IF THERE IS A LEGAL WAY TO DO PURPLE DRANK, AND IT DOESN'T
KILL PEOPLE OR REALLY HARM THEM, OKAY, AND EVEN IF IT REALLY
HARMS THEM, THAT IS THEIR CALL TO MAKE.
BUT IF IT'S LIGHTLY REGULATED, IT'S STILL BETTER THAN SOME
SHMUCK IN MIAMI WHO WAS LIKE, I'VE GOT STYROFOAM CUPS FOR
EVERYBODY!
RIGHT?
SO, EVEN IF IT'S SUPER DANGEROUS, WE ARE BETTER
OFF REGULATING IT AND LETTING HOLDERS IN MIAMI SELL IT
LEFT AND RIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD GO TO JAIL FOR
ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE BURGLARIES, BUT YOU ARE
SAYING THAT'S THE CASE ANYWAY, SO I GUESS MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ ABOUT HIM AND WHAT I KNOW ABOUT
HIM, HE SHOULD BE IN PRISON.
YOU KNOW, HE HAD A BUNCH OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS.
IT'S NOT LIKE JUST ONE THING, LIKE OH THIS GUY JUST HAD,
YOU KNOW, AN INVENTORY OF COUGH SYRUP, AND WHATEVER, JOLLY
RANCHERS, AND HE MADE THIS DRINK AND HANDED IT OUT AT PARTIES.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HE DID, THAT'S ONLY A TINY PART OF WHAT HE DID.
IT WAS BEING THE RINGLEADER OF THESE BURGLARIES, HAVING
ALL THESE ILLEGAL WEAPONS THAT HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE
POSSESSION OF.
ALL OF THESE OTHER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT HE WASN'T
SUPPOSED TO HAVE POSSESSION OF.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HE DID THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO HIM
GETTING CHARGED AND CONVICTED.
SO THERE IS AN EVENTUAL CHARGE TO GET CONVICTED ON, LIKE
DRUG TRAFFICKING, WHICH COULD BE THINGS THAT YOU CAN LEGALLY
HAVE, BUT HE COULDN'T LEGALLY HAVE BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE
A PERCEPTION FOR IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, LET'S LEGALIZE EVERYTHING SO
THAT'S WAY SAFER.
DON'T TRUST A RANDOM DUDE IN MIAMI TO GIVE YOU A PURPLE
DRANK.
AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMMIT A CRIME, DON'T ADMIT TO IT ON
INSTAGRAM.
DON'T BRAG ABOUT IT ON INSTAGRAM.
AND THE ILLEGAL ORDERS HE WOULD FILL, HE WOULD DM ABOUT IT ON
INSTAGRAM, WHICH WAS A TREASURE TROVE FOR THE AUTHORITIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A CRIMINAL, DO
US ALL A FAVOR AS BEING AS DUMB ñ
WAS ALL THE FAVOR OF BEING AS DUMB AS HARRISON GARCIA.