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Alex* sells crack cocaine in the North of England. He talked to us candidly about what his job is like.
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Drugs might be illegal, but with 1 in 5 young Brits buying them and 77,000 people in the UK working as dealers, they're clearly an important part of the economy.
“"The war on drugs has been an utter failure."”
If the drug industry hired as many people as the alcohol industry already does, it'd employ 2.5 percent of all all Brits.
Alex* sells crack cocaine in the North of England. He talked to us candidly about what his job is like.
“"The war on drugs has been an utter failure."”
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