Julio Gabriel Diaz, AKA The 'Candy Man'

DOES CRIME PAY?   For some it pays.....

For others.....      Dr. Julio ‘Candyman’ Diaz Faces 200 Years in Prison

Man Accused of Over-Prescribing Pain Pills Under House Arrest in Goleta

HUFFINGTON POST  01/5/12    Julio Gabriel Diaz, AKA The 'Candy Man' of Santa Barbara, California

The tragic lives of his many more victims are told in secret, cries for help that can never be fully told.  They just move on to another con to feed the habit, constantly  hiding their shame and lies.  Lost souls with heaps of never ending sorrows.  A life of crime is the only way to survive.  There are other Candy Men and pimps (boyfriends) to get them through until the next pain, the next fix.

Drug Bust Frazier Park

The secret world of methamphetamine users and dealers

 To grasp the significance of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s bust of a suspected major methamphetamine trafficking network with Bucks County ties, first you must understand the insular world of its users and distributors.
Meth, as it’s commonly known, isn’t a drug typically sold on street corners, but has a loyal following among mostly longtime users and dealers who operate largely in secret, according to those in law enforcement.
Typically the drug is made in small batches in small labs in out-of-the-way places. Often users will make the drug mainly for their own use, and sell some to feed their habit for the powerful and highly addictive synthetic stimulant, drug agents say.
The people who make and sell meth tend to be older, white men living in rural or suburban communities with an established customer base, law enforcement officials say. Like the people they sell to, dealers and distributors find the drug hard to resist, and many return to selling it after they’ve been arrested and served prison time, the drug agents say.  READ MORE HERE....

 MUG SHOT.  LARGELY IN SECRET WOELLERT

"operate largely in secret" is key, may be more so in a lovely little town like Santa Barbara.  They are in secret and in some of the most enchanting areas, who would ever guess?  They ingratiate themselves as if they can be the best until they start jonesing.  The courts, rehab do little to end the vicious cycle they are locked into.     

Sheriff’s Detectives Arrest Six

MUG SHOT.

STAY OFF THE PIPE BOEFF  

Rescued cat tests positive for methamphetamine 

3/18/13 SANTA BARBARA, Calif.  Deputies found nearly 2,000 pounds of marijuana and a panga style fishing boat on Arroya Camada Beach in Santa Barbara Sunday

What is happening with Michael Stinchfield?  The Santa Barbara businessman is charged with 13 felonies

3/25/13 Infamous Local Slumlord Busted for Burglary Santa Barbara – Dario Louis Pini, 63.

OXYCONTIN ARRESTS - SEATTLE AND LOS ANGELES - DEA LINK
2/28/13 Massive West Coast OxyContin Sweep

3/20/13 Sens. Leahy and Paul Introduce Bill to Undo Mandatory Minimum Sentencing

3/6/13 The upcoming trial in Houston of Rudi Dekkers for drug trafficking  has been pushed back and may now never happen, according to a lawyer close to the case.  3/8/13 Who Killed Hugo Chavez?

1/22/13 Lethal batch of super-strength ecstasy blamed for deaths of FIVE young people

 Inside Mexico's drug war: Heart-wrenching images of poverty and violence capture true misery of a country ravaged by cartels

The horror of Meth

Before-and-after pictures reveal shocking transformation in faces of users hooked on deadly drug. The photos, that show a shocking Dorian Gray-like deterioration, were compiled from mug shots of drug users that were arrested repeatedly over the years.

How Meth Effects the Brain and the Body

A sad case of Meth Mouth.  When you have money or good credit, you can repair some of the damages.  Lindsay Lohan Skipped Probation to Get Her Filthy Teeth Fixed.   WTF is going on here, early stage meth mouth?  Yet another celebrity victim, Lisa Robin Kelly, of That 70s Show.  Castmates: Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Kurtwood Smith, Debra Jo Rupp, Danny Masterson, Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama to name a few.

Britney Spears is a Breaking Bad fan?  Did she or didn't she?

The Jael Strauss story blows away all those “Faces of Meth” ads.  Some of our local dopes and meth heads have the money to keep up appearances yet the slow decay will show up over time.  (bad, bad boys, too - William Paxson - William Konrad - Jerry Boeff - Paul Woellert).  Not everyone is as lucky with the looks department and shades can only cover up so much.  Drugs are fairly available behind bars but for the lucky ones they can stay off while they do their time.  Other  bodies have been known to deteriorate more rapid as you can observe if unfortunate enough to watch them try and work.

The playing field of Santa Barbara is not equal in the world of Rich man, poor man, methamphetamine. That is a grim fact of life. It was recently stated in a local news report that the Mexican cartels have taken over the local street gangs.  What will that mean for other dealers and abusers?  It doesn't get much more bloody, outside of a war, than the escalation in Mexico.  On our local shores the War on Drugs has been kicked up a few notches with the recent murder of a federal law enforcement officer.  We don't see how it helps when the privileged use illegal slave labor from Mexico or the US to do their dirty work.

Meth users often end up in the justice system.  From Hollywood actors to lawyers, from race car drivers and minor league baseball players to children of pastors, from surfers to teachers … from any walk of life you care to name, methamphetamine has found its takers, its so-called tweekers.

The justice system's bad case scenario and they can roam, they just can't hide from the law forever when meth is only one of their many Illegalities.   Birds of a feather do flock together.  Will meth change who you are?
   It sure did a number on Aaron Carter.