Posted by
John Finnigan on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:54:57 PM
Blow Back from the War On Drugs.
The war on drugs has proven that ingenuity, organization and innovation can make you rich. Unfortunately, in the business of narcotics wealth comes at a high human cost.
In terms of a conventional battle, the war on drugs has failed. Capitalism has proven that where there is money to be made, somebody will likely pay the price to make it. In the narcotics business the human cost of business is vast. Many in our society want to surrender the battlefield, declare victory and let the multinational companies profit from the willingness of some people the pay for the pleasure of getting high.
Ironically, it because of the war on drugs that gangs like the Bloods, Crips, Mexican Mafia and MS 13 can make big money in their enterprises. Almost all gangs survive from their profit from drug sales. I recall an old school rapper saying that until crack cocaine transformed the hood because it brought a large infusion of cash to may impoverished communities.
What would all those organized angry young men and women do if we took their largest self perceived avenue for making money away? It’s an interesting question.
Now, I do not support drugs or drug sales. However the narco-entrepreneurs are not likely to loose their way of life and not look for something else illicit to do.
Narco-entrepreneurs are very much like guerrilla fighters in an insurgency. They don’t just wave white flags and abide by rules of surrender. Take away their funding sources and they will do something else. Maybe even something worse.
John