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Unraveling chain of events in grand forks was about to turn his world upside down. >> i always kind of enjoyed the psychedelic experience and it started with experimenting with lsd in high school. and then i started ordering what people would call designer drugs off the internet and just experimenting with those. and, you know, just realized that there was money to be made in distributing them in small quantities. >> carlton had an idea to turn synthetic hallucinogens to a business. he would lim...

And i make no mistake that we knew that people were consuming it. i dont know why it grew to fast, but we were processing 30,000 to $40,000 a month in credit card payments. >> reporter: and at that point, you thought that you had a legitimate shop? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: at that point, motion resources was up and running for eight months. until one day carlton saw a story on the news about drug overdoses in grand forks, north dako dakota. >> i saw a story on the news of a overdose death in ...

Could explain the entire conspiracy to us. >> mikelis would avoid prosecution but charles carlton would not be so lucky. when police raided motion resources and carltons home, they found this critical piece of evidence. proof that carltons guise of legitimacy, his drugs were sold for research was just a cover for their real purpose. in his own hand, carlton detailing how to use his drugs and how dangerous they could be. >> a journal documenting these substances being used by mr. carlton and the ...

Before the deaths, did you consider, i got to stop this? >> i did. you know, it was the cause of probably quite a few arguments between my wife and i. she didnt want to have anything to do with it and have me to do with it. i should have listened to her advice. >> at one point, she destroyed your office. she had enough. she knew you were doing wrong. >> she did. and so did i. >> carlton said he was becoming paranoid. he had good reason. one of his colleagues, a man named harry george nicolas sud...

>> nicolas would avoid prosecution but charles carlton would not be so lucky. when police raided motion resources and carltons home, they found this critical piece of evidence. proof that carltons guise of legitimacy, his drugs were sold for research was just a cover for their real purpose. in his own hand, carlton committ detailing how to use his drugs and how dangerous they could be. >> a journal documenting these substances being used by mr. carlton and the effects and various amounts of the ...

With synthetic highs. motion resources. his company, motion research, would be a big boost for drug enthusiasts. >> he put in peoples hands what they wouldnt be able to get otherwise but it was turning into a real business that you could make a go of it. >> absolutely. >> though the companys product mimicked the illegal drug lsd, carlton said the chemicals he was selling werent yet scheduled or banned in the united states. he set up shop in this office building, even registered with the secretar...

>> i was an employee of my own company getting a w 2. we have full payroll services. it was as legitimate as it could be. we knew we were walking a very fine line as far as the law was concerned but at the same time, we thought we were on the right side of it. >> without so much of leaving his computer, carlton said he and his two colleagues were repackaging chemicals they bought in bulk to filling 30 to 40 orders a day. >> it is fairly easy to find chemical suppliers. the product sells itself. ...

Thats not -- we didnt want anything like that to happen. and thats the only reaction i had. i mean, i dont even know how to describe it. >> did you go to work the next day? >> well, i did. >> carlton said he didnt want to draw attention, so he continued to run motion resources as if nothing had happened. he was trying to sell off his supply, shut the business down. but the prosecutor said theres evidence carlton was in the process of changing the business name allegedly to keep motion resources ...

His computer, carlton and his two colleagues we packaged chemicals in bulk filling 30 to 40 orders a day. >> its fairly easy to find chemical suppliers. the product sells itself. generally as much of it as you can get, you can get rid of pretty quickly. >> motion resources had customers in all 50 states and profits were rolling in. >> carlton was not unlike any other drug trafficker. hes looking for the best product at the lowest price, so he would obtain this product from the best suppliers he ...

Had. i mean, i dont even know how to describe it. >> did you go to work the next day? >> well, i did. >> carlton said he didnt want to draw attention, so he continued to run motion resources as if nothing had happened. he was trying to sell off his supply, shut the business down. but the prosecutor said theres evidence carlton was in the process of changing the business name allegedly to keep motion resources running. carlton admits he was sweating, with good reason. his world was about to crumb...