08 September 2004

Druggies as Dealers

If you use, you deal. That's an automatic. But a dealer doesn't necessarily use.

Anyone who has a cocaine habit is also likely to be a dealer, because he or she is looking for any way in the world to support their habit. If they know they can build up a clientele to where they can pick up an ounce for $800 to $1,200 and then make $200 or $300 on that ounce, they're paying for their own habit.

Or they'll fall behind in payments to their dealer. Then the dealer makes them a dealer, has them sell around to their friends, maybe, as a way to pay off the debt.
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[comment] And you know who is constantly getting caught and prosecuted for distribution? It ain't the major dealer who's bringing it all into the area. It's these little guys who ain't much more than users.

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