How the Mexican cartels are making profits now

Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid crisis. 00:00 - The growing market of illicit synthetic drugs 01:05 - Mexico’s booming production of illegal fentanyl 02:22 - The third wave of America s opioid crisis 03:56 - What are the costs of illicit fentanyl production? 04:53 - How is illegal fentanyl manufactured? 05:33 - What is China’s role? 06:51 - How dangerous is producing fentanyl? 07:53 - Why have cartels turned to fentanyl? 09:33 - Why are fentanyl pills so popular? 11:39 - The gig economy and illicit drug production 12:51 - How is fentanyl production democratising Mexico’s drug market? Sign up to our daily newsletter to keep up to date: https://econ.st/3n3kIjj Why have Black Americans overtaken white victims in opioid death rates? https://econ.st/3N5xgBs How does naloxone reverse opioid overdoses? https://econ.st/3O4uE8d How are Latin American politicians dealing with the war on drugs? https://econ.st/3OklHHv How did Latin American drug cartels overcome pandemic supply-chain problems? https://econ.st/3Opv88T Is drug trafficking to blame for violence in Latin America? https://econ.st/3xXG0p4 The deficiencies of the Latin American state loom large https://econ.st/3xZ9jHC