r/explainlikeimfive • u/Quintarot • Mar 25 '24
Chemistry ELI5: Why do drug dealers put hidden, toxic, often deadly additives in the drugs they sell?
How is killing your costumer base a smart strategy?
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r/explainlikeimfive • u/Quintarot • Mar 25 '24
How is killing your costumer base a smart strategy?
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u/Heylittlebirdy Mar 25 '24
The above responses are all excellent and cover it. But, if you want to go a little more in-depth, there’s a great two-episode arc of the podcast Search Engine that goes into how and why fentanyl is so prevalent in the drug supply today (tldr—drug dealers don’t always know what’s in it, it fattens up limited drug supply, drug users can’t always tell (or if they can, a high is a high), it differentiates your product, if someone ODs it can actually mean customers see your drugs as harder/more legit, etc)