Yes, and it costs only a few pennies to make aspirin, methamphetamine, and Coca-Cola.
I wonder if the Mahouts have their own pharmaceutical facilities to make their own Speed, or whether they buy it on the free market, where there is a 10,000% mark-up?
Regards,
Under the circumstances I would expect that the elephants are getting caffeine, not something that it would be more economically attractive to sell on the black market than to give to an elephant so it can give rides.