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How Did Drug Dealing Pay Michael Douglas's School?

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From the episode: #2565 - Michael Douglas

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Michael Douglas got through the rest of the expense of school by dealing drugs. He did it a couple of times. He told his dad the story because he never asked him for anything: he was a drug dealer.

Joe Rogan asked how many trips he made, and Michael Douglas said twice. Joe Rogan asked how he stopped when it was so much money and very profitable. Michael Douglas remembered a kilo was $75 out west and sold for $500 or $600 or $700 back east. Then the hippie scene began to change. Ex-cons were coming out of jail, the scene got infiltrated, and the drug dealers started getting violent, uglier, and a little heavier.

Joe Rogan credited him for getting just two trips and out. A lot of people would have been sucked into the trade and gotten addicted to the money.

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