us that he could explain the entire conspiracy to us. >> mikolas would avoid prosecution, but charles carltone so lucky. and when police raided the office of motion resources and carlton's home, they found this critical piece of evidence. proof that carlton's guise of legitimacy that his drugs were being sold for research, was all just a cover for their real purpose. in his own hand, carlton was detailing how to use his drugs and just how dangerous they could be. >> it was a journal documenting these substances being used by mr. carlton and friends of mr. carlton and the effects and the various amounts of the substances and how they would affect the body. and that was powerful evidence to show that they knew full well what these substances would do and then formed this company to sell them. >> carlton decided not to fight, and has pled guilty to three counts. possession with intent to distribute controlled substance analog. money laundering and misbranding. it could send him to prison for life. >> i can't justify anything that i did. and i don't intend to. i mean, the only thing i hope to do

drew's investigation led them to charles carlton, a dealer facing a long prison sentence.e's a preview. >> i started ordering, you know, what people would call designer drugs off the internet and experimenting with those. and just realized that there's money to be made in distributing them in small quantities. >> reporter: carlton had an idea to turn synthetic hallucinogens into a business. those like him, interested in experimenting with synthetic highs. his web site called motion research would be for drug enthusists. >> we could put things in people's hands they couldn't get otherwise but it was turning into a real business, at least make a go of it. >> reporter: though the company's product mimicked the drug, lsd, they weren't yet scheduled or banned in the united states. he set up shop in this office building, even registered with the secretary of state and went to work. >> 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 a