Well...depending on what you're selling they are probably excellent customers. Sorry, couldn't resist.
On a more serious note however, I understand what you mean. I think there's also the perception that significant cases of drug abuse, addiction and the crimes related to this are something that seems to happen far, far away for most people in a position to offer help. Something you see in movies and dramatic VICE documentaries, but not in your own backyard. If you're not confronted with the problem it's easy to not perceive it as one.
I think it’s pretty naive to assume people having a problem with drug deals happening in their neighborhood are primarily concerned with the drugs themselves — although some may have moralist reasons to feel uncomfortable with illicit drug trading, most regular people probably feel that way due to the inescapable consequences of it, which are many. Some examples include violent crime, burglaries, robberies, and the general discomfort of being around people on a daily basis who are chemically dependent on a drug they need to take on an interval and usually because of it desperate for money, sometimes with psychological issues on top of it.
Having a serious problem with drugs in your area does not mean some people buying weed every now and then. It infects and ruins entire communities due to the effects of extremely addictive narcotics.
Anecdotal, but back when I used to use drugs recreationally all of the dealers I used actually placed a very strong emphasis on customer service. Maybe this person has a similar relationship with their supplier. Not all drug deals are conducted from street pushers.
Drug dealers: blame our customers not us for selling drugs
No one will ever accept this kind of argument from a drug dealer, but yet they happily admit this kind of argument from this and other countless companies that business practices go against the public interest.
What's interesting about dealers (at least the very low level ones that addicts typically buy directly from) is that they're often selling dope to support their own habits or to get ahead in a world they see as being stacked against them.
Thus, many of these people are not ruthless sociopaths, and recognize on some level that what they're doing is wrong. Through a great deal of rationalization, they are often able to convince themselves that it's morally OK.
These people would prefer not to have to bring murder into line with their already quite dissonant mental schema.
This is my experience talking to current and former dealers, mostly as part of my work with recovering addicts - I've had dealers help me track down relapsed sponsees, for instance, with very little convincing.
In places with an established drug scene I'd expect that unhappy customer == dead dealer, because other parties will work to protect their commons (reputation of the market) against random defectors looking for quick buck.
Kinda feel catching a ton of distributors is a good deterrent form becoming one. Most are not thinking of this as a business tho, but as a form of some sort of liberation and are junkies themselves.
You're suspicions are correct IME. Direct marketing isn't an option for illegal substances, you have to know someone that knows someone, otherwise the police would just wander around all day waiting for offers. Also at the leaf nodes of distribution there is unlikely to be enough cash reserves to be offering free product or even small samples, the leaf nodes are generally users themselves.
Mostly it seems to be propaganda that drugs can be addictive after a single hit, which is complete BS.
This is certainly a concern, but I'm not convinced it's all that rampant. You can't make much money if you 1) poison your customers, or 2) are a brand new seller (e.g. if you make a new account after every sale to avoid stacking negative community ratings).
And if the buyer isn't testing their drugs before doing them, that's on the buyer. That's the reality of that market.
I've known many a dealer in my lifetime, and a distant family member who spent some time incarcerated for 'high level' activity, who gives me long tales of how the business works as well.
Dealers don't assault, endanger or attack random customers who just stop buying.
That's totally absurd, and that someone would suggest it - indicates that they are getting their information from Netflix/Hollywood films or something, not reality.
The vast majority of dealers are actually fairly normal people anyhow.
I guess a drug dealer also can justify their line of work by saying that they are merely providing the means for a customer to obtain something that they like.
I think you vastly overestimate the business acumen of drug dealers on the darkweb. You are much more likely to never receive a shipment than to bump into someone worried about repeat customers
Not saying you’re wrong (I have never met a drug dealer in real life) but I have a question - shouldn’t it be much easier for drug dealers to sell their product vs say, a furniture salesman? After all, there are no furniture addicts but there are plenty of drug addicts, right?
You’re giving a lot of credit to drug dealers. All the ones I’ve ever known had to no clue what they were selling and as long as you paid they didn’t care what happened to you. If they were regular functioning humans then they wouldn’t be drug dealers.
On a more serious note however, I understand what you mean. I think there's also the perception that significant cases of drug abuse, addiction and the crimes related to this are something that seems to happen far, far away for most people in a position to offer help. Something you see in movies and dramatic VICE documentaries, but not in your own backyard. If you're not confronted with the problem it's easy to not perceive it as one.
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