To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
Cast: Amaryllis Fox
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Limited Series
6 episodes
1. CocaineFrom farming to smuggling to sales, former CIA analyst Amaryllis Fox investigates cocaine's hugely profitable and disturbingly deadly business cycle.TV-MACC46minJul 14, 2020
2. SyntheticsDespite its potential therapeutic benefits, MDMA is pushed into the shadows where it — along with synthetic analogs — have become popular party drugs.TV-MACC39minJul 14, 2020
3. HeroinFox 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.TV-MACC40minJul 14, 2020
4. MethMeth's global menace infects Myanmar, where complex politics and history have made it Southeast Asia's ground zero for production and distribution.TV-MACC47minJul 14, 2020
5. CannabisDespite the legalization of pot in California, roughly 80% of the state's cannabis sales still occur on the black market. Fox examines why.TV-MACC44minJul 14, 2020
6. OpioidsFox explores how highly addictive oxycodone continues to cause unprecedented destruction across America and even pushes addicts toward heroin.TV-MACC40minJul 14, 2020
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To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Jesse Sweet, Nick Carew
- Cast
- Amaryllis Fox
- Studio
- UCP
