Why do people think drug dealers dont make a lot of money when they actually do?

[allogenis96]

If I was growing and selling weed and shrooms and opium why wouldn't I make a lot of money when drugs have always been used since before human civilization appeared? Look at the cartels in Mexico at their power by selling drugs and they're practically de facto rulers of Mexico, Afghanistan is the largest exporter of opium and heroin on earth.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Is this supposed to be some kind of trap? Also who said drug dealers were bad business men? They're literally the best business men.

Selling drugs is basically just regular business that can get you killed or jailed for making poor decisions.

It's all about having a good reputation, networking, maintaining trust with the people you do business with. Handling issues quickly and knowing when to be diplomatic vs aggressive.

The government pretty much modernized itself by copying what gangs do. Namely the mafia.

And no, not every drug dealer "goes down" plenty of them are smart enough to buy a legitimate business, launder their money through it and become an entrepreneur with the clean money, eventually leaving the drug dealing behind.

[WindAtMyBack]

I've never heard of anyone who thinks drug dealers don't make money.

I don't know prices these days, but in the past the markup for retail drugs was approximately the same as many retail products at regular stores. The difference is that selling drugs doesn't have all the overhead, taxes, etc. So the markup is almost entirely profit.

The real profit in drugs doesn't come from selling. That's the easy part. The profit comes from buying it and having a good consistent source that always has it, and is always good quality. Most retail products at stores don't have that kind of supply problem.

[Smashingdoozy]

Dealers don't grow the product. They get it from someone else who gets it from someone else.

[Lyndsielee666]

Who tf said they don’t 😂😂 this is a dumb question

[OlderAndWiser]

Dude! The DEA can identify you from just your picture. Your name just got added to a list you don't want to be on!

[jshm2]

Because it's too high risk money. Just look at El Chapo and Al Capone.

Drug dealers aren't bright people, nor are they the businessmen you think they are.

You've also just outed yourself online, for any FBI to raid or IRS to check.

So that wasn't a bright move on your part, and you're best delete the question.

[allogenis96]

I can use monero, IRS can't trace monero

[misogynistic_pig]

I don't know how drug trafficking works in Afghanistan or Mexico, but here in Colombia, drug traffickers don't grow coca, they buy coca from peasants, peasants are the ones who grow it, some drug traffickers buy coca paste from Bolivian indigenous people.

[D_Bone_Steak]

Nothing I loved more than a guy buying a couple of grams and I could just throw a half ounce on his lap. It wasn't a good long-term plan though. People were getting pissed and I could just feel it was time to stop.

[Guy13]

No kidding…they make lots and that’s why they deal with risks in occupation.

[allogenis96]

Well if the current legal job climate is difficult to get a comfy occupation even with a bachelor's degree, which itself is difficult to get due to professors being dysfunctional and dickheads in universities and make the material so unreasonably and irrationally difficult, I don't see drug drilling and carteling as a problem to do, it's violent and dangerous but it's manly and honest work, besides you're only selling things to people they like.

[Guy13]

I think it is a destructive career path.

[allogenis96]

Indeed it can be destructive, but if you get passed that it can easily pay off beyond the financial rewards, you can recruit young socially and economically disenfranchised males and give them pay and if you're inspirational enough you can take over land and territories, you have power.

[Guy13]

Power is greatly overrated... sounds like you are living your dream.

[wittymilf]

Everyone knows drug dealers make a lot of money

[exitseven]

Thee are lots of people who make millions off of the misery they spread. It is really something admirable to aspire to.

[Anonymous]

Because when you figure in all the pros and cons there are a lot better and safer ways to make money. There's a reason drugs come from Mexico and Afghanistan. People with options that have brains don't choose it.

[Agape93]

Literally nobody thinks drug dealers are poor

[allogenis96]

Exactly

[Anonymous]

[Avicenna]

like any other industry, top earners make a lot

[Iron_Man]

Those people always fail and go down

[888theGreat]

Only the ones allergic to their product