Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
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Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
#2This is a nice take on the reality of the middle to upper middle class drug economy.
It's not all episodes of the Wire. If you're picking up ecstasy or high-grade cannabis, chances are you're doing it like this.
I have to admit that I miss MDMA. I haven't touched the stuff in over 10 years, but it was awesome to use once a year or so. I'm pretty thoroughly convinced that I overcame some issues with trusting people and forming human connections as an accidental side effect of wanting to have a good time.
Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
#3It's become obvious that laws can't stop drugs. Imagine a world where the level of convenience described here was normal, but without the bullshit.
No more money wasted on police trying to stop it. No sales to minors (at least, no more than cigarettes and alcohol have now). Taxes on income by drugs dealers (Colorado is showing a hell of a windfall). Reliability and safety in quality, so that you get exactly what you expect.
We might even get there soon.
Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
#4It's become obvious that laws can't stop drugs. Imagine a world where the level of convenience described here was normal, but without the bullshit. No more money wasted on police trying to stop it. No sales to minors (at least, no more than cigarettes and alcohol have now). Taxes on income by drugs dealers (Colorado is showing a hell of a windfall). Reliability and safety in quality, so that you get exactly what you…
> We might even get there soon.
I don't think the country, as a whole, will, but I do believe the more liberal areas will get there much quicker (as we're already seeing).
I live in Indiana, the only state where one cannot buy alcohol on a Sunday. I don't think marijuana is gonna be legal here anytime in the near future.
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#5I found this sentence interesting -
I surmised that Viktor serves a large segment of the East
Coast and personally takes in $24,000 to $32,000 per month
after all his other costs are covered.
Small-to-medium sized business owners, Wall Street traders, quants and very good engineers make that much money with none of the associated risk.
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#6I found this sentence interesting - I surmised that Viktor serves a large segment of the East Coast and personally takes in $24,000 to $32,000 per month after all his other costs are covered. Let's say he takes in an average of $30,000 per month. Does $360,000 annually sound like quite a small amount of money for running a highly illegal business that serves a large chunk of the East Coast? Small-to-medium sized busi…
My economically ignorant analysis: Every link in the chain demands a large danger premium. The cellular nature of the black market prevents him from sucking up all the profits himself: he has no way to influence the business models of those between him and the eventual user. Except by starting his own distribution chain, which is more risk than any sensible person would take on, even by drug dealing standards. Ever seen breaking bad?
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#7It's become obvious that laws can't stop drugs. Imagine a world where the level of convenience described here was normal, but without the bullshit. No more money wasted on police trying to stop it. No sales to minors (at least, no more than cigarettes and alcohol have now). Taxes on income by drugs dealers (Colorado is showing a hell of a windfall). Reliability and safety in quality, so that you get exactly what you…
> We might even get there soon. I don't think the country, as a whole, will, but I do believe the more liberal areas will get there much quicker (as we're already seeing). I live in Indiana, the only state where one cannot buy alcohol on a Sunday. I don't think marijuana is gonna be legal here anytime in the near future.
Marijuana is probably going to be federally legal very soon. What's currently happening in Washington and Colorado is a good example to the rest of the world that marijuana is not the devil-drug that they thought it was.
The best thing that will come out of all of this, imho, is that people will stop looking at marijuana and methamphetamine like they're the same thing. We might actually get sane drug policies, and we might end up getting people who need help (drug addicts) the help that they need, instead of just locking them in prison.
Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
#8I found this sentence interesting - I surmised that Viktor serves a large segment of the East Coast and personally takes in $24,000 to $32,000 per month after all his other costs are covered. Let's say he takes in an average of $30,000 per month. Does $360,000 annually sound like quite a small amount of money for running a highly illegal business that serves a large chunk of the East Coast? Small-to-medium sized busi…
Do you pay taxes on that money, or have an expense to launder it somehow (and then pay taxes?)
If not, then no. There are still plenty of small towns here East of the Mississippi River where working to retirement age and cashing out with $1 million and a generous continuing (for now) return from a lifetime of working, paying taxes, hiring and firing, and making various contributions into Social Security, is enough to set up a trust fund for your family and go on living the dream in a house worth about $100k.
Reality is you would probably end up paying taxes on that money somehow or other, and if you ever want to get out of the game, then it's probably not worth it.
Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
#9I found this sentence interesting - I surmised that Viktor serves a large segment of the East Coast and personally takes in $24,000 to $32,000 per month after all his other costs are covered. Let's say he takes in an average of $30,000 per month. Does $360,000 annually sound like quite a small amount of money for running a highly illegal business that serves a large chunk of the East Coast? Small-to-medium sized busi…
>>> Small-to-medium sized business owners, Wall Street traders, quants and very good engineers make that much money with none of the associated risk.
Of course it's not a lot. The corner boys are earning less than McDonald's burger flippers.
But you comment makes it sounds as if a dealer one day can say "screw it, I will be a quant". It's not a lot but it's the best he can get.
Re: Your Friendly Neighborhood Drug Dealer
#10This is a nice take on the reality of the middle to upper middle class drug economy. It's not all episodes of the Wire. If you're picking up ecstasy or high-grade cannabis, chances are you're doing it like this. I have to admit that I miss MDMA. I haven't touched the stuff in over 10 years, but it was awesome to use once a year or so. I'm pretty thoroughly convinced that I overcame some issues with trusting people an…
Was it the war on drugs what kept you from using it more than once a year or so, or something else?