I made the mistake of not searching around the interface first, so i upgraded the non resource producing buildings... Now i have 0 resources to build, don't want to create a new account just for this, and the game looks a lot like a pyramid scheme/ponzi without any good foundation, it needs reworking, especially the economy like you said, in my opinion the hype will die out in 1 week max and the prizes will diminishing to a point that it isn't even worth playing...
Let's see what happens...
They are going to be forced to change the mechanics in a big way.
The rewards are going to change away from drug production to drug hoarding.
Otherwise all the inactive accounts will leech the prize pool without having to do anything.
This game has only been in development 3 weeks. Give it three more weeks and let's see. I agree.