‘Make American High Again’ could be the slogan for Boston’s Darice Hall who was arrested for allegedly selling heroin labeled with Donald Trump’s name on the package.
The Boston Herald has the details:
Donald Trump’s name is emblazoned across condos, hotels, golf courses, neckties, even steaks and wine, but here’s a product the New York billionaire likely wishes his name wasn’t stamped across — heroin.
Police in New Hampshire arrested 36-year-old Darcie Hall and charged her with selling heroin that was packaged in dosage-sized bags, with “Donald Trump” branded across them.
Keene police, New Hampshire State Police and the attorney general’s drug task force spent a month investigating Hall, who is on probation for a 2014 conviction for cocaine possession.
Hall sold heroin twice to a police informant — once in the bathroom of a Keene McDonald’s and a second time in a mini-mart in Troy, according to police.
Hall was stopped Thursday driving in Troy and taken into custody without incident.
Police said they searched her car and residence. She was charged with selling heroin and a probation violation will likely be filed with the court, police said.
Keene police said the case remains under investigation.
The political-branded heroin is not a new development. In 2013, a Massachusetts state trooper arrested four people from Vermont and New Jersey for trafficking 1,250 bags of “Obama Care” heroin.
“They try to differentiate the brand they are selling, and it could have any number of different names,” Anthony Pettigrew, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England division, said at the time. “They are trying to up-sell, they are trying to find a niche.”
Branding is a huge part of any successful business venture, so topical names like Trump are sure to generate a buzz. Coincidentally, Donald Trump won the Massachusetts primary in a landslide earlier this year.