The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.
Umm... both of those are around because the governemtn made the cost of delivering both alcohol and drugs prohibitively high,
That's inaccurate. The Mafia pre-dated the US by several hundred years if not more (depends on how one wants to choose the bloodline). Most definitely they predated the bans on alcohol.
Oh, that's right. I was thiking Mob. I don't know enough Mafia history to make an agument either way there, honestly.
As to the coke market, In S. America it has been around for quite a while as well. The chemical has been used medicinaly for hundreds of years until just recently.
Those were monopolistic markets? If not, you're forgetting the whole basis of the discussion. Ryan Anderson PGP fp: 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9