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Mariana van Zeller

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The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

Oh, 100% geographically.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

It was that story that we did in the same episode you mentioned, the cocaine trafficking, which I'll never forget, which was the kid who was carrying in his backpack, right?

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

He was a 16-, 17-year-old kid carrying cocaine, 20 kilos of cocaine on his back for days on end in the jungles, seeing so many of his friends being killed in front of him by rebel gangs, rival gangs.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

And when I asked him, why are you doing what you do?

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

He says, because I've always wanted to be a dentist.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

I want to go to school and be a dentist, but my family is too poor and they can't afford my education.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

And the only job that I have available for me now is doing this cocaine trafficking or carrying cocaine on my back.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

And these are stories I hear all the time.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

So the idea of being able to place ourselves in people's shoes and understand that, yes, even the people that we consider the bad guys could be me and you, as you know, has always been very important for me.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

So the podcast allows me to do that.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

So it's difficult to have exact numbers, but the estimate is that about 15 percent, 15 to 20 percent are black markets and the rest are gray markets.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

So the totality is around 35 percent, an estimate.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

OK, but I mean, so it's kind of half.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

Yeah, more or less.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

But, I mean, they also mix, right?

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

Because, you know, a lot of times what happens in one side affects the other.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

You know, one of the really interesting...

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

The things that I think we've talked about a lot is I think this number shocks a lot of people.

The Joe Rogan Experience
#2395 - Mariana van Zeller

But if you think of the drug trade alone, $600 billion, that's the estimate, anywhere between $300 and $600 billion every year just from the drug trade alone.