Pharmaceutical companies belong to the most influential and richest companies in the world. The annual turnover in the pharmaceutical industry for prescription drugs is estimated to be worth 700 billion dollars – or $ 100 for each person on earth! We didn’t even mention the drugs that are available without prescription.
Last week more than 17,500 pounds of cocaine was seized in the harbour of Antwerp, Belgium. The cocaine was hidden among boxes of bananas on a ship from Equador. It was Europe’s second biggest cocaine seizure ever. But last week’s bust doesn’t enter our next top 10 list biggest coke busts ever. It took some time to investigate but here’s our next top 10 list of biggest cocaine busts in pounds (lb)!
NB the bananas were donated to the animals of the Rotterdam Zoo
The problem with many things is that it’s difficult to stop enjoying it. Be it something innocent like a cigarette or a glass of wine. And sometimes it’s even more difficult, especially when your life is taken over by the addictive substance inside the drug. In most countries many of those substances are forbidden, but that doesn’t seem to stop people from taking it. On the contrary! So don’t pass out while reading the next top 10 list of most addictive drugs!
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