Basham, who was not seeking a sugar high, asked cops to arrest her dealer for theft (and, of course, secure a refund for her). While patrolmen went to the address where Basham said she purchased the crack, residents there denied selling dope and declined to let investigators into the home.

Cue no-knock warrant/raid in 3, 2,...

This happens every year.

phoenixdna: So what would be the crime in someone standing on a street corner selling crack that is bags of sugar? Is that even illegal? Other than getting shot by angry customers, I wonder what the fallout would be?

Cop: You are under arrest for dealing drugs
Dude: But this is sugar
Cop: Oh sorry about that. OK. Nevermind then.

Yes it's illegal (how illegal depends on the city/state), although I'd worry more about the pissed off crackheads coming back than the police at that point.

scottydoesntknow: Basham, who was not seeking a sugar high, asked cops to arrest her dealer for theft (and, of course, secure a refund for her). While patrolmen went to the address where Basham said she purchased the crack, residents there denied selling dope and declined to let investigators into the home.

Cue no-knock warrant/raid in 3, 2,...

No that's the funny part. This is probably enough to get a warrant (IANAL) but they didn't even bother because they don't care.

Making drug busts is hard and the suspect didn't even have a Ford Pinto to seize.

JNowe: From what I can gather, crackheads aren't really the "let it go" type.

This children. Don't trust crackheads. They are not nice people.

I know a woman who told me about getting fake crack in the 70's or 80's. It didn't end with her calling the cops. It ended with her going to prison for 26 years for shooting the crack dealer in the face and robbing him.

And yet you people say all the time that sending people to jail for drug crimes is bad.

People this dumb BELONG in jail. It's not safe for them to be out on the streets. They could hurt themselves.

Gyrfalcon: People this dumb BELONG in jail. It's not safe for them to be out on the streets. They could hurt themselves.

Seriously if you're stupid enough to call the cops because you got ripped off on a drug deal well christ on a cracker there isn't much more to say. At least it didn't end with someone getting beaten half to death,watched that shiat out my kitchen window. It was over $10 of weed,I know because I was the other party that got ripped off. Jesus how hard is it not to act like an idiot over getting ripped off on pot of all things? Yeah I lost $10 but I also didn't go to jail or the hospital for being a retard like everyone else involved in that clusterfark did.