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I really don't think this is true.
There are reasons why most people don't make their own aspirin, liquor, build their own houses or grow their own food.
Sure, some people do these things--but for the most of us is more efficient for us to w/e it is that we do and just pay someone else to do it better than we can.
I don't know the actual numbers, but I would be willing to bet a fair amount that the economies of scale would make it just much much cheaper per unit of production for a a Pfizer or Perrigo to make high quality, pure amphetamines than for MethJeff to make some half-assed crap in his back shed.
How many people do you know who make their own wine or beer? Have you asked them about the price per unit of their beverage?
I just had a vision of some guy opening a boutique on Union Square to sell artisanal meth.