War On Drugs Targets Tech
Ken Brown
k.brown at ccs.bbk.ac.uk
Mon Feb 5 03:10:49 PST 2001
Don't forget the lawyers & accountants. That's the real way to make
money out of crime - work for the criminals in a legitimate job.
Ken
Ray Dillinger wrote:
>
> Drugs will never be legalized in the United States. We've been
> focusing on legislators, but the problem is even more basic than
> that: The Mafiosi and the gangsters won't allow it.
>
> They can't make the kind of profit margins they're accustomed to
> when legal suppliers can produce coke for $6 an ounce or Marijuana
> for $1.50 a 40-pound bale.
>
> So look for major contributions to the campaign funds of drug
> warriors if it ever looks like their cash cow is in danger.
>
> Note: This assumes that gangsters are not stupid - which is
> definitely *NOT* in evidence, so I could be wrong about this;
> but it is certainly true that life would suck for them if drugs
> were legalized.
>
> Bear
More information about the cypherpunks-legacy
mailing list