[hvindin]

Interesting comment:

> Selling drugs is much more convenient and profitable, for example.

I know its not related to the original topic, nor the core point of your comment but I'd be fascinated to know why you think this.

Based on my knowledge of the market WRT wholesale prices/retail (street) prices/legal risks/product expiry/supply chain reliability as well as just the statistics around anyone towards the bottom few levels of the pyrmaid on this I'm almost certain that this is roughly never the case.

I find it interesting that this assumption seems to still exist, and suspect that a suprising number of people would harbor a fallback position of "if shit gets really bad I could just sell drugs" which makes a lot of assumptions about how profitable it could possibly be.

[mk89]

I think it highly depends on 1) the severity of the law of your country, 2) the demand, 3) where you live (how many gangs are out there, how dangerous it is ..etc.).

Also, selling drugs doesn't imply selling hard drugs, which in many countries (in Europe at least) is the real "reason" to worry.

The money they make in 1-2 days, depending on what they sell, is way above an average salary (again... talking only about Europe). 1 or 2 days of selling marijuana and maybe cocaine in "good" places (of course, not in the middle of nowhere). So, why wouldn't someone do it, instead of wiping people's asses or cleaning toilets?