04 May 08
Originally posted by epic0002Out if the ones you catch & destroy ....how many do you thing still get through ?
I have taken part in 22 tons of cocaine being destroyed by the DEA.
Oh, the things we have destroyed.... amazing!
I'm not having a go, just trying to understand the global picture into how much the black industry is worth ?
04 May 08
Originally posted by epic0002There goes a LOT of man-hours of hard work! Good job. You've successfully suppressed liberty!
I have taken part in 22 tons of cocaine being destroyed by the DEA.
Oh, the things we have destroyed.... amazing!
Next, you might want to break some kneecaps at some of the schools in Los Angeles. They keep having demonstrations. UC Berkeley needs some of that good old right wing authoritarianism too. Put them hippies and Mess-Kins back in their place.
04 May 08
Originally posted by shavixmirMakes you wonder why don't drug lords just destroy the damn cocaine themselves!
So, let's get this straight then:
- less drugs on the market
- Same amount of drug users
- Price per gram increases
- Higher profit margin, more people wanting to make that profit
- Less people able to afford their addiction
- More petty theft
- Higher insurance costs for us all
Well done!!!
04 May 08
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Originally posted by shavixmirPoor analysis.
So, let's get this straight then:
- less drugs on the market
- Same amount of drug users
- Price per gram increases
- Higher profit margin, more people wanting to make that profit
- Less people able to afford their addiction
- More petty theft
- Higher insurance costs for us all
Well done!!!
- less drugs on the market
- Same amount of drug users
- Price per gram increases
***- Higher profit margin, more people wanting to make that profit***
WRONG. You forgot greater expenses and greater risk.
- Less people able to afford their addiction
***- More petty theft***
I am unconvinced by this. If you can get twice as much coke for the same theft, I bet some people are least will steal more. This statement of yours needs to be proven.
***- Higher insurance costs for us all***
Don't forget, fewer heart attacks and other injuries due to cocaine abuse.
My experiences with casual drug users is that they'll just switch to some other drug and/or will stop using drugs as much. Now the hardcore addicts are another story perhaps.
04 May 08
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Originally posted by demonseedI don't buy it. My experience tells me that demand will vary depending on availability of the drug. When people run into someone who knows a coke dealer at a party, they might pick up some coke, but otherwise they might not. If you get a tiny amount for a huge amount of money then people might not consider it worth it. With fifty bucks, I'd expect several people would be able to get blasted. If you can't get your buddies high with fifty bucks it becomes less attractive unless you are on your way to killing yourself, in which case you won't have a job and will probably be an incompetent thief and will be arrested quickly.
In economic terms the demand for coke (and other drugs, for that matter) is inelastic.
04 May 08
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Originally posted by yo its meMeth works great when you run out of anti-depressants...for a while. I imagine coke does too though it doesn't last as long. It also makes the world bright and beautiful, makes you want to exercise (five miles in the rain to get home? No problem. I'll walk...it'll be nice. See you there!)
From wikipedia;
"Dopamine has many functions in the brain, including important roles in behavior and cognition, motor activity, motivation and reward, inhibition of prolactin production (involved in lactation), sleep, mood, attention, and learning."
Pass the coke 😉
05 May 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThe increase in expenses is insignificant.
Poor analysis.
[b]- less drugs on the market
- Same amount of drug users
- Price per gram increases
***- Higher profit margin, more people wanting to make that profit***
WRONG. You forgot greater expenses and greater risk.
- Less people able to afford their addiction
***- More petty theft***
I am unconvinced by this. I ...[text shortened]... rug and/or will stop using drugs as much. Now the hardcore addicts are another story perhaps.[/b]
However, you are right that it does increase.
The risk factor remains the same.
x-amount of people can afford their drug habit, if the price is hiked then x -y people can afford their habit. y resorts to crime.
In countries were drugs are more expensive there is more drugs-related crime.
The analysis based upon Dutch statistics from the early 90's, when I was studying.
The conclusion then (and presumably still is) is that you need to destroy the profit margin on drugs to defeat the drugs problem (the problems being the dealing of drugs to minors and drug-related theft).
Every attempt by the Dutch government to get this on the European agenda was shot down.
Makes you wonder who's funded by whom.