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#1 - 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
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#2 - 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
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#3 - 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
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#4 - 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
- 7.2/10162 votesLoading...
#5 - 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
- 7.4/10140 votesLoading...
#6 - 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
The Worst Episodes of The Business of Drugs
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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.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:Netflix
Worst Episodes Summary
"Heroin" is the worst rated episode of "The Business of Drugs". It scored 6.8/10 based on 114 votes. Directed by Jesse Sweet and written by N/A, it aired on 7/14/2020. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Meth".