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The Radar guide to global contraband

This article is from the April issue of Radar Magazine. For a risk-free issue, click here

As a dedicated American consumer, you know where to score the latest trendy junk. But what about prescription junk? Or a kidney? Or a surface-to-air missile launcher? As the nanny state tightens its kung-fu grip on us all, American degenerates are being forced to satisfy their perverse desires abroad. While Radar would never advocate breaking the law, trust us: Whatever it is you're looking for, it's not illegal somewhere.



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1. Start a Casino
Join the burgeoning expat community in sunny San José, Costa Rica, where offshore spammers and online gambling kingpins are living it up beyond the long arm of Johnny Law. Rent cheap office space, hire a couple of nerds, hook up some servers, and watch the money roll in. Just be sure to make nice with la policía. (What's a few hundred thousand colones when the alternative is extradition?)








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2. Stock Up on Meds
Just over the border from Arizona, Los Algodones, Mexico, has one bar, one church, and 250 doctors, dentists, and pharmacists eager to grant your script-writing wishes. Some drugstores even have physicians on staff for a drive-through "diagnosis." OxyContin not curing what ails you? Pop on over to Zurich, where Swiss doctors have been
legally prescribing heroin to addicts since 1994.

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The Ecstasy of Defeat
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