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Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s easier for drug manufacturers to appropriate brands than to come up with their own. Car and luxury brands are common, but so are other brands like Netflix, characters from comics, cartoons, video games, etc. The manufacturers need an easily recognizable and memorable design.

Check out this database for examples. https://www.drugsdata.org/

[–] godfish@lemy.lol 4 points 20 hours ago

Even Netflix is in on it then. Its bigger than i thought