The Business of Drugs

Shallow reporting and very little understanding or interest shown in how drugs impact all countries not just USA.

Let's start with the positive! -Great visuals -Impressive access -Interesting experts -Smooth editing

The negatives; -Miss CIA operative can't help but mention her CIA background every 5 minutes. -Objectivity is out the window. To me that's a faux pas in documentaries!

Excellent coverage of the business of drugs globally. A lot of the reviewers have complained that it didn't deal with social issues, health issues, and so forth. But that's not what the intent of this limited series is or was. Well done and nicely articulated by Amaryllis Fox. I, personally, enjoyed learning a few things about her along the way. Interesting woman. Reminds me of some of Lisa Ling's work. (Did anyone else notice her appearance change between when she was traveling and interviewing and then when she was sitting in the studio narrating?)

Nothing new or groundbreaking is presented in the series. However, in a world where nearly all education on drugs is politicized in some way in favor of advocating the "war on drugs", the presentation of the material seeks and, in my opinion, successfully serves to re-baseline public knowledge of the black market of various drugs in a simple, digestible and entertaining way - suitable and obtainable for the massive Netflix audience to consume. This series knows what it is, knows what it is trying to convey, knows the audience, and executes its objectives well.

I love the explanation of what you think happens when people take these drugs. But if you ever taken any of what you talk about? I only say this because the way that you describe them in my opinion is completely false to many of us you've taken a lot of these.