Michelle Writes:
I was on a panel discussion yesterday on "Jordan melee--one year later" (for a City Pages article) and Tim Dolan stated that most of the busts they do for drugs in the city are for marijuana--MARIJUANA! I could not believe my ears--not crack, not heroine, not crystal meth--MARIJUANA!
It should come as no real surprise that marijuana leads all DRUGS from the standpoint of investment AND busts manpower-wise for the MPD. It's a very low-risk offense for dealers, and the risks associated with selling are worth the paltry rewards. I'd be curious to find-out what percent of the total investment/busts this represents especially for "impacted areas". I've read the latest precinct reports, as well as the feedback on chargeable offenses as they relate to impact statements for my neighborhood and I'm left scratching my head.
WM: What I'm hearing from dealers themselves is the line: "the works." Around this area, it means crack pipe, crack, and marijuana. (I found out from some of the other block clubbers around here.) Sort of like Lunchables, everything together. Everything could consist of different combinations I'm sure.
The black market dope trade has changed throughout the late eighties and nineties. It's been going on forever and it appears to go in cycles. I'll bet those cycles are reflected in economic indices along the way. Selling dope often only becomes viable when all other possibilities have been exhausted or are not perceived to be there at all.
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