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The Business of Drugs
Documentary · 2020
To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
The sides of The Business of Drugs
- A former CIA analyst following the money
- Six illicit drugs studied as businesses
- Growers, smugglers and users around the world
The Business of Drugs is good for you if…
- you want to understand the drug trade as a real economy.
- you like following a product from farm to street.
- you like seeing who profits and who pays.
The Business of Drugs is bad for you if…
- you need a story with chases, not an investigation of figures.
- you can't watch addiction and overdoses on screen.
About: money · addiction · globalization
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