Production & Distribution

• Takes less than $500 to produce 1 kg
• Powder usually pressed into pills
• Much of it comes from Europe
• Cost 20-25 cents per pill to manufacture
• Normally sold wholesale for $1-2 a pill
• Normally sold retail for $20-25 a pill
• Express mail service is the most popular smuggling method
• Often rewrapped in candy wrappers
• Pills are sometimes put into straws
• Sometimes stringed on candy necklaces

Ecstasy