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As far as Breaking Bad is concerned, Walter’s meth is bought and used in unadulterated form, whereas in any believable scenario distributors would dilute (“step on”) the product for sale. Finally, toward the end of the fifth season, Walter is forced to explain to a new organization that customers will pay more for his product than, say, one that was 85 percent pure. The other manufacturer seems to accept Walter’s logic even though, as an ostensibly experienced dealer, he should know it doesn’t make any sense. America isn’t flooded with pure meth, and it’s not because our chemists are too ethical. The illegal drug market simply doesn’t reward peerless expertise in the same way celebrity cooking shows do.
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This is pretty silly. Whether or not Walt's product is being presented as being sold on the street in undiluted form or not, the greater the purity of the wholesale product, the more it can be stepped on downstream, the greater the profit, and yes, the more loyal the customer. The fact that the show doesn't choose to address the nuts and bolts of drugs at the retail level is irrelevant. It isn't a documentary about how drugs are made and sold.