blog post 5: now you can buy heisenberg's meth

So throughout the series “Blue Sky” is the main focus. Heisenberg’s signature product is this blue ice. Unlike most meth cooks, he actually has some serious knowledge about chemistry. People look for his blue product because they know of its outstanding purity.

Breaking bad “gear” is just about everywhere now; anything from beer glasses, to t-shirts, to now blue rock candy that looks like meth. But is blue rock candy maybe going too far? I definitely think it’s a little borderline. While this show does have typically an older audience, there are still some viewers who are younger. By no means is eating rock candy imply you do or will do drugs but just the principle of it is a somewhat questionable.

Does this mean we are too comfortable with the idea of drugs? While this is just harmless rock candy that you might gift to a breaking bad fanatic, it shows that society has become more comfortable with the idea of drugs and the lifestyle that is associated with it. I believe younger generations have become too comfortable with the idea of drugs or being arrested and the aspects of life that drugs can bring on. What makes breaking bad so controversial is how explicit they are about particular aspects of the drug world. They are very precise and open about how they make the meth and almost giving society ideas. While it is just a TV shows and it is just candy, it does give that small percentage of the population ideas in a sense.