How Cartels Build Billion-Dollar Empires | News on Drugs
The world’s illicit drug trade is worth around 500 billion dollars a year – and to understand how drug cartels work, you need to follow the money. Author Tom Wainwright breaks down the economics of a drug cartel to explain how they function like businesses, and why cocaine costs $120,000 per kilo. Humans love drugs. Every culture in human history has looked for ways to alter its consciousness. So where does this desire come from? And why are some drugs legal and others illegal? What is it about some drugs that make governments declare war on them? In News on Drugs, writer JS Rafaeli chats to fellow drug nerds about their studies to tackle some of the biggest questions in the crazy world of mind-altering substances. Watch more like this: How Psychoactive Plants Changed the World • How Psychoactive Plants Changed the World ... The Rise of Psychedelic Therapies • The Rise of Psychedelic Therapies | News o... Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: / vicenews Twitter: / vicenews Tumblr: / vicenews Instagram: / vicenews More videos from the VICE network: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo #VICENews #News

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