On any given day in Albuquerque, you can grab a dime bag of America’s most famous meth for only a buck.
The same infamous “Blue Sky” that Walter White slung on Breaking Bad won’t keep you tweaking on week-long binges, however. After all, it’s only rock candy—but The Candy Lady‘s customers are more than happy with that.
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Even though the final episode of Breaking Bad aired in 2013, Albuquerque businesses are still riding Heisenberg’s coattails, from a store that sells “Blue Sky” donuts to an RV tour of Breaking Bad‘s filming locations. Needless to say, the series about a milquetoast chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-dealer helped grow tourism in the Land of Enchantment. Debbie Ball, the owner of The Candy Lady and Breaking Bad’s original meth prop-maker, jokes that one of the positive outcomes of the show’s popularity is that it’s helped people understand that New Mexico is not a part of Mexico.
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