The Business of Drugs
To understand the origins and true impact of the business of drugs, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
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Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, South Africa
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English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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Seasons
Season 1
To understand the origins and true impact of the business of drugs, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances. Amaryllis Fox,
Episodes
Cocaine - 2020
From farming to smuggling to sales, former CIA analyst Amaryllis Fox investigates cocaine's hugely profitable and disturbingly deadly business cycle.
Amaryllis Fox,
- July 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Synthetics - 2020
Despite its potential therapeutic benefits, MDMA is pushed into the shadows where it — along with synthetic analogs — have become popular party drugs.
Amaryllis Fox,
- July 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Heroin - 2020
Fox 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.
Amaryllis Fox,
- July 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Meth - 2020
Meth's global menace infects Myanmar, where complex politics and history have made it Southeast Asia's ground zero for production and distribution.
Amaryllis Fox,
- July 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Cannabis - 2020
Despite the legalization of pot in California, roughly 80% of the state's cannabis sales still occur on the black market. Fox examines why.
Amaryllis Fox,
- July 14, 2020, 4 a.m.
Opioids - 2020
Fox explores how highly addictive oxycodone continues to cause unprecedented destruction across America and even pushes addicts toward heroin.
Amaryllis Fox,
- July 14, 2020, 4 a.m.