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Manufacturers get pitted against each other and end up selling for cost + markup and a small risk premium.
Overall, drugs are cheap, it’s the regulations that make it expensive/difficult to acquire.
Easy to interdict heroin or opium from Afghanistan, not so easy for potent synthetics coming from an export powerhouse.
Safety for the consumer isn’t a concern for the regulators so you end up with this situation.
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Manufacturers get pitted against each other and end up selling for cost + markup and a small risk premium.
Overall, drugs are cheap, it’s the regulations that make it expensive/difficult to acquire.
Easy to interdict heroin or opium from Afghanistan, not so easy for potent synthetics coming from an export powerhouse.
Safety for the consumer isn’t a concern for the regulators so you end up with this situation.