‘Our meth was so realistic it got stolen’: Breaking Bad, Industry and Euphoria’s makers on how TV does drugs

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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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‘Our meth was so realistic it got stolen’: Breaking Bad, Industry and Euphoria’s makers on how TV does drugs

www.theguardian.com /tv-and-radio/2025/feb/10/breaking-bad-euphoria-industry-drugs-on-tv-weed-crack-cocaine-meth

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The fake meth they created was so realistic, says King, it sometimes got stolen from the set.
Or maybe people involved on the shoot wanted a macabre souvenir?
Also wasn’t the meth blue?
Organic Shea butter sounds expensive for fake crack
- At that point crack is cheaper.
Plot twist: its actually all real drugs and they cover it by pretending its a TV series
- I know a story, not sure what tv show it was but there was a lot of drugs in it that was usually always fake.
  Except somehow the day snoopdog did a cameo on it, then suddenly the fake weed was replaced by real.
  Security then came in and people freaked out but apparently they were just being unprofessional and wanted a signature.
  Someone else can probably tell us what show it was and provide a source to this story. I can’t