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Cross-posted from "‘Our meth was so realistic it got stolen’: Breaking Bad, Industry and Euphoria’s makers on how TV does drugs" by @BrikoX@lemmy.zip in !showsandmovies@lemm.ee


Weed? Moss tied in thread. Crack? Organic shea butter. Cocaine bricks? Shrink-wrapped foam blocks. Designers reveal the secrets of faking drugs onscreen – from popping sugar pills to snorting vitamin D

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[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...except it was bright blue...

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

mint flavour