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Show Illicit Drug Profits The most profitable business In the world today is the handling of Illicit narcotics. The manufacturer of heroin, for instance, makes it for $25 a pound and sells it to his distributors dis-tributors for $1,225, which Is a profit of 4,800 per cent. The distributors In turn sell it in small quantities to consumers at the rate of $125,000 a pound, which Is a profit for them of more than 10,000 per cent. The cost to the user consequently Is one-half million per cent of the manufacturer's manufactur-er's cost price. Collier's Weekly. |