SEATTLE – A Seattle-based fast food chain is under investigation for allegedly trafficking stimulants across the Mexican border. Health experts warn that the highly addictive drug, which is harvested in Mexico and other Latin American nations, has also been linked to dehydration, yellowed teeth, panic attacks, heart conditions, and even death. The stimulant is ground into a powder, boiled, served with a spoon, and often cut with cheaper substances.
According to undercover informants, addicts shuffle into the restaurants each morning to order the substance by the ounce using foreign codewords. Many users idle around the restaurant for hours as they come down. Investigators allege that, despite it being known to stunt growth, even children have been sold the drug. Employees, too, are reportedly pressured to taste the product so that they work hard enough to muscle out the competition and expand to more corners.
As investigators burst onto the scene during a raid on one of the chain’s restaurants, a suspect was seen disposing of the product in a toilet, although this could have been a user painfully voiding themselves after the drug’s violently laxative symptoms kicked in.
