where in the world would profit margins for drugs be the greatest?

where would cannabis/mushrooms/LSD have the most profit margins? i am almost sure that Europe and North America is flooded with cheap weed and decent shrooms/LSD, but where is the market thin on these products?

thanks


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[9 Points] gwern:

Have you tried googling the topic? Drug prices are regularly surveyed by a number of organizations and websites; eg http://www.globaldrugsurvey.com/facts-figures/the-global-drug-survey-2014-findings/ or http://www.unodc.org/unodc/data-and-analysis/WDR-2012.html

Since price is driven by both demand and supply, one heuristic is to simply think about where supply is most restricted (eg islands with famously strict customs). Despite the dangers, Australian and NZ importing arrests happen all the time, suggesting that claims of their drug prices being skyhigh are accurate.


[7 Points] None:

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[3 Points] None:

A big distinction in your question is profit margin, not profits. I would assume that North America and Europe you would find the greatest profits due to their high purchasing power. If I had to guess margins then I would go for Japan or Aus. Just a guess.


[3 Points] None:

I'm going to go with New Zealand. Buy 10grams of MDMA off the darknet for $200, sell it IRL for $400-600 a gram. OR, sell it on the darknet since there's only one domestic vendor who still charges $300/gram so even if you were charging $250 / gram you can make some big money. Now where's a supplier than can guarantee they can get their shit into New Zealand? Nowere, our customs are a bitch but if anyone knows anyone with a high success rate, pm me :D


[1 Points] LittleNiggerBaby4:

Singapore or malaysia or some shit


[1 Points] None:

Saudi Arabia


[1 Points] throwitbitchass:

Australia. Customs is tough as fuck so when stuff does get through the price goes up exponentially.


[1 Points] sillysally11:

Australia? Every time I was browsing H, whenever I'd see a crazy high price, I'd guess "Australia", and every time, yep, it was from Australia. Grams for like $400 or more, just crazy.


[1 Points] Trappy_Pandora:

Raw profit, or margins? You gotta take into account how much product a certain market can absorb.


[1 Points] None:

drugs are very expensive in Australia


[1 Points] None:

I'm going to go with New Zealand. Buy 10grams of MDMA off the darknet for $200, sell it IRL for $400-600 a gram. OR, sell it on the darknet since there's only one domestic vendor who still charges $300/gram so even if you were charging $250 / gram you can make some big money. Now where's a supplier than can guarantee they can get their shit into New Zealand? Nowhere, our customs are a bitch but if anyone knows anyone with a high success rate let me know :P


[1 Points] XanaxHitlerBinLaden:

Anyplace where they cut your head off for having drugs.


[1 Points] GeneralStarkk:

The US.