# Is it illegal to falsely advertise for something illegal?

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**Created:** [August 5, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-illegal-to-falsely-advertise-for-something-illegal/458930 "2008-08-05T16:32:20Z")\
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In Ohio they could be charged with counterfeit controlled substances, promoting and encouraging drug abuse, or fraudulent drug advertising, all of which are low-level felonies. See Revised Code 2925.37. When I was a prosecutor I sometimes saw mooks who sold acorn meats and called it crack cocaine, oregano and called it marijuana, or talcum powder or baby formula and called it powder cocaine.

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