The Business of Drugs (2020)
To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
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Episodes
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1. Cocaine2020-07-14 · 46mFrom farming to smuggling to sales, former CIA analyst Amaryllis Fox investigates cocaine's hugely profitable and disturbingly deadly business cycle.
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2. Synthetics2020-07-14 · 39mDespite its potential therapeutic benefits, MDMA is pushed into the shadows where it — along with synthetic analogs — have become popular party drugs.
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3. Heroin2020-07-14 · 40mFox travels to Kenya, where she speaks to people living and working on the front lines of one of the world's newest and most profitable heroin routes.
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4. Meth2020-07-14 · 47mMeth's global menace infects Myanmar, where complex politics and history have made it Southeast Asia's ground zero for production and distribution.
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5. Cannabis2020-07-14 · 44mDespite the legalization of pot in California, roughly 80% of the state's cannabis sales still occur on the black market. Fox examines why.
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6. Opioids2020-07-14 · 40mFox explores how highly addictive oxycodone continues to cause unprecedented destruction across America and even pushes addicts toward heroin.
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