I really dont know much about this case, just read something online which I take with a grain of salt. The way it usually works is the govt leaks out information which the media eats up...and the people in trouble don't dare speak. Who knows what's really going on. The one truth is any product that would typically be issued by a medical doctor is called a drug, and anyone selling such an item..even for "research" is guilty of misbranding the drug (using it in a way non-approved). Given the fact the govt can tack on a conspiracy charge which takes no evidence to convict, and holds a 5 year sentence, you can see how the charges add up and become horrifying. The big RC bust in 2008 should have been a warning to all to either close shop or go underground, and to my knowledge only one or two sites shut down out of fear. The rest all said "its research, I'm doing nothing wrong"... I also read that there's a particular task force assigned to such cases now. Maybe the feds realize the RC industry dwarfs the amount of forfeitures they can gobble up as compared to raw deal.