Tips of the drug trade.

• Author: Sullum, Jacob
• Position: Briefly Noted - Movie review - Brief article

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How to Make Money Selling Drugs, a new documentary by Matthew Cooke, is a sly critique of prohibition framed as a tutorial-cum-video-game for aspiring black-market entrepreneurs. The film highlights tantalizing success stories and offers tips on how to get started, how to take your business to the next level, and how to avoid pitfalls such as thieves, snitches, and cops. "If you want to make real money," the narrator advises, "you've got to get off the street."

As a private dealer, you could earn a mid-six-figure annual income. As a domestic smuggler...