Is drug dealing an addiction?
@warmweatherwoman (2233)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
August 13, 2008 9:52pm CST
Another side to drug dealing is the addiction to the fast life and money the drug dealer endures. This life is not easily replacable with a 9-5 minimum wage weekly job that one is expected to get after commiting a drug dealing offense.
How many here can be honest about once living this lifestyle- and have gone straight to lead a "normal" lifestyle? What were the differences? Did you think about that dollar more when spending it "straight" or when making it illegally?
Do you feel the addiction is based on society's ills economically or socially? Does society keep the drug dealer in a mind of state that says they can be nothing more then what they are today? What is your opinion on this?
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@sugarplum9084 (1771)
• United States
14 Aug 08
Well I would not say it was an addiction so much as it is something that some people do in order to survive. Many in America and other countries are left jobless, or their job just does not pay the bills. Some do enjoy the fast cash and danger of it all, but I know that many would probably prefer a nice stable, and comfortable job. You just get stuck in that place in society, and the extra cash really helps, though you are still stuck in that place in society that does not let you get past it, unless of course if you are a part of that small number that does, making America seem like the land of opportunity to all, though not everyone gets that opportunity that we boast. Many just feel that the system will not work for them, and they don't try because they are taught that they will amount to nothing, but some do have goals and a plan, and they still don't make it. 

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@shamsta19 (3224)
• United States
17 Aug 08
This idea will work if the job market is strengthened. Right now nobody in the workforce is really making it and has to have a second job or a "hustle" to get by. No one would want to take the pay cut but the benefit of one's freedom may be enough for this to truly work.
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