▁to ▁an ▁incident ▁on ▁New ▁Year ’ s ▁E ve ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁when ▁police ▁officers ▁intercept ed ▁a ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 - p ound ▁ship ment ▁of ▁e ph ed r ine ▁( a ▁m eth am ph et am ine ▁prec ursor ) ▁ab o ard ▁a ▁tr uck ▁that ▁had ▁crash ed ▁on ▁an ▁ icy ▁road ▁near ▁Colorado ▁Spr ings ▁while ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁an ▁under ground ▁m eth am ph et am ine ▁manufact uring ▁lab . ▁Container ▁labels ▁indicated ▁to ▁police ▁that ▁the ▁chemical s ▁origin ated ▁from ▁Chem ins ; ▁however , ▁when ▁informed ▁about ▁the ▁incident , ▁Chem ins ▁president ▁James ▁Camer on ▁denied ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁ever ▁possessed ▁or ▁used ▁e ph ed r ine ▁in ▁its ▁products . ▁ ▁C riminal ▁proceed ings ▁were ▁launched ▁against ▁Chem ins ▁and ▁Camer on , ▁and ▁on ▁July ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁following ▁a ▁three - year ▁investigation , ▁a ▁Federal ▁judge ▁in ▁Den ver ▁sent enced ▁Camer on ▁to ▁ 2 1 ▁months ▁in ▁j ail ▁and ▁f ined ▁him ▁and ▁Chem ins ▁ 4 . 7 ▁million ▁dollars . ▁In ▁his ▁ple a ▁agreement , ▁Camer on ▁admitted ▁that ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁company ▁had ▁l abeled ▁Formula ▁One ▁as ▁" all ▁natural " ▁but ▁secret ly ▁sp ik ed ▁the ▁product ▁with ▁synth etic ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁grade ▁dru gs , ▁including ▁e ph ed r ine ▁and ▁c aff e