Though they are at two ends of the social spectrum, the pharmaceutical companies and Mexican cartels have one thing in common – they are contributing to an ever growing drug addiction problem and making a good living at it.

In many cases they share the same customers – what an drug addict can’t get on the street, they can usually get from a pain clinic and vise versa.

Mexican drug cartels operate in 195 cities according to a report released by the United States Justice Department, posing an obvious threat to families.  The marketing of these drugs is through word on the street and in the school yard, with the cartels frequently hiring American teens to make their sales.