Most Expensive Substances in the World

#12 Metamphitamine -  100$/gram

You don't have to have seen Breaking Bad to know that crystal meth is bad news. This synthetic stimulant is powerful and highly addictive, with numerous negative effects on a person's health during use, during addiction and upon withdrawal.


 

 #11 Rhino Horn   - 110$/gram

 Meth is expensive and dangerous, but it at least does something; rhino horn is even more expensive, but sadly does nothing (as far as evidence-based medicine is concerned, anyway, which wants its cures to actually be shown to work before being prescribed).





 


# 10 Heroin - $130/gram


Heroin is processed from morphine, which in turn comes from the poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. Street names for heroin include "smack," "H," "skag," and "junk."





#9 Cocaine - $215/gram

 Cocaine is a bitter, addictive pain blocker that is extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, also known as the coca scrub, a plant that comes from the Andean highlands in South America. Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant of natural origin. The name of "cocaine" came from the plant "coca." When Coca-Cola first came out it contained nine milligrams of cocaine per glass - in 1903 it was removed, but the drink still has coca flavoring.


 

#8 Lysergic Acid Diethylamide(LSD) - $3.000/gram


Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, is the most expensive drug on the list. A very strong, mood-altering hallucinogen, its price per gram is only mitigated (for users) by its incredibly small dosage (measured in millionths of grams).



 


#7 Plutonium - $4.000/gram


 Plutonium is a radioactive element most famous for its role in generating nuclear power through nuclear fission -- both in peacetime (via nuclear reactors) and in war (via atomic bombs). It is poisonous, flammable, and radioactive, but occurs only in trace quantities in nature.