For manufacturers, the profit margins on illegal drugs are absurd. A lab in Mexico can make meth for $500/kg. Once that meth is in the US, it can sell for $60,0

For manufacturers, the profit margins on illegal drugs are absurd. A lab in Mexico can make meth for $500/kg. Once that meth is in the US, it can sell for $60,000/kg.[1] In other words, manufacturers can lose 90% of their product and still make tons of money. Unless the DEA intercepts practically every drug drone sent across the border, people are going to keep at it. The money's just too good. 1. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/math.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/...