7.4/10140 votesLoading...#1 - Synthetics
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2020
Despite its potential therapeutic benefits, MDMA is pushed into the shadows where it — along with synthetic analogs — have become popular party drugs.
Director: Jesse Sweet
Writer: Amaryllis Fox
7.2/10162 votesLoading...#2 - Cocaine
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2020
From farming to smuggling to sales, former CIA analyst Amaryllis Fox investigates cocaine's hugely profitable and disturbingly deadly business cycle.
Director: Jesse Sweet
Writer: Amaryllis Fox
7.0/10109 votesLoading...#3 - Opioids
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/14/2020
Fox explores how highly addictive oxycodone continues to cause unprecedented destruction across America and even pushes addicts toward heroin.
Director: Jesse Sweet
Writer: Amaryllis Fox
6.9/10117 votesLoading...#4 - Cannabis
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/14/2020
Despite the legalization of pot in California, roughly 80% of the state's cannabis sales still occur on the black market. Fox examines why.
Director: Jesse Sweet
Writer: N/A
6.8/10114 votesLoading...#5 - Heroin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/14/2020
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.
Director: Jesse Sweet
Writer: N/A
6.8/10109 votesLoading...#6 - Meth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/14/2020
Meth's global menace infects Myanmar, where complex politics and history have made it Southeast Asia's ground zero for production and distribution.
Director: Jesse Sweet
Writer: Amaryllis Fox
The Best Episodes of The Business of Drugs
Every episode of The Business of Drugs ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Business of Drugs!
To detail how drugs push people into risky — even deadly — behaviors, a former CIA analyst investigates the economics of six illicit substances.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:Netflix
Best Episodes Summary
"Synthetics" is the best rated episode of "The Business of Drugs". It scored 7.4/10 based on 140 votes. Directed by Jesse Sweet and written by Amaryllis Fox, it aired on 7/14/2020. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cocaine".