And can you tell us, what can you tell us, Ryan, about these women, who they are, um, or what the police have been able to share with the public?

Well, what we know is that Raymond would prowl Kensington Avenue looking for often women that were using drugs or sex workers.

And there is definitely some of that profile for the women that have been identified in the media.

I think we went over Amy McHale, right? That was his ex-wife, Blair Tanzelli, who would have been a home health aide for Or at least that's what Raymond, you know, described, but also had this character of, you know, she had struggled with addiction.

He posted nude photographs of her on his website.

So there are questions about the true nature of the relationship there.

And, you know, she went missing in 2023.

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okay so are these considered illegal substances by the state and federal government

That's where it kind of gets a little hazier.

I mean, what these underground chemists are doing is they're creating slight chemical variations of more popular hallucinogens.

And there is some past legislation that has attempted to ban these types of products, which are generally referred to as analogs.

So they're an analog of psilocybin or another type of more popular hallucinogen.

But what we found from talking to producers, some of whom talked to us quite openly and who are marketing these products publicly, is that they felt that it was unlikely that those laws would actually be enforced, that there were just far more harmful substances out there like fentanyl or something like that that were taking up most of law enforcement's time, and that with the sort of generally softening attitude towards the sale of other recreational drugs, like many states now have recreational cannabis programs, that people were less likely to feel that this was something that needed to be subject to serious law enforcement.

And I mean, so far, that attitude has largely been proven correct.

But are there any other solutions to kind of like combat this?

So are these considered illegal substances by the state and federal government?

That's where it kind of, um, gets a little hazier.

I mean, what these, uh, underground chemists are doing is they're creating slight chemical variations of more popular hallucinogens, and there is some passed legislation that has attempted to ban these types of products, which are generally referred to as analogs.

So they're an analog of psilocybin, you know, or another type of more, uh, popular hallucinogen.

But what we found from talking to producers, some of whom, you know, talked to us quite openly and who are marketing these products publicly, is that they felt that, uh, it was unlikely that those laws would actually be enforced, that there were just far more, um-Harmful substances out there like fentanyl or something like that, that were, um, taking up most of law enforcement's time, and that with the sort of generally, like, uh, softening attitude towards the sale of other recreational drugs, like many states now have recreational cannabis programs, that people were less likely to feel that this was something that needed to be, um, subject to serious law enforcement.

And I mean, so far that attitude has largely been proven correct.

We, you know, there has not really been a lot of law enforcement activity around these specific products.

Um, but are there any other solutions to kind of likeCombat this