Would you do it?

[Shiny]

Imagine you are broke, unemployed, going mad at home (I mean literally insane!), have a good degree in science and are more than capable of producing high purity illegal compounds (drugs mostly).
Would you make them, if it meant you could move out of home, and live comfortably?
Feedback would be very much appreciated. I am very seriously considering doing this.

Don't sample your own product. See: Goodfellas.

And Scarface!

[Crop]

Possibly the main thing you need to consider is the people you will be selling to, meeting with, and associating with. They are not likely to be friendly folk and I know a few people who have turned out far worse after realizing that the "easy and prosperous" life they chose in making and dealing drugs involves dealing with some pretty mean characters.

It's not as simple as "it'll be a short term solution", it's a hard life to get out of once you're in it. And it is a life, not a hobby or easy source of income.

I would argue that it depends on the drug, and a dealer can be selective about who they do business with.

In the circles I run in, everyone is very nice. The pot growers, the acid dealers, even the cocaine addicts when they're not completely out of money (then it's best to avoid them).

I guess I shouldn't be encouraging people to dive into drugs, but as long as you're not an idiot about it I don't see a problem with it...

It sounds like you've had a fairly ok experience with drugs and drug dealers, and all I can say is I'm very glad for you.
I've had first hand experience with users and dealers from Heroin to Weed, and I have not enjoyed any of it, and I am strongly against the use of any illegal drug. I've seen many types ruin lives, from 'soft' to hard.

[Shlup]

I've seen all types ruin lives too. But I've also seen driving, sex, pizza, surfing, and sunlight ruin lives and I'm not against any of those.

[Madonna]

Coincidentally, all the things you mention are heavily peddled in sunny California. When were you hired as an advertiser?

[Crop]

I've seen all types ruin lives too. But I've also seen driving, sex, pizza, surfing, and sunlight ruin lives and I'm not against any of those.

I'd rather my parents did all of those things rather than do heroin, wouldn't you?

[Shlup]

Coincidentally, all the things you mention are heavily peddled in sunny California. When were you hired as an advertiser?

You mean the whole world isn't like that??

I've seen all types ruin lives too. But I've also seen driving, sex, pizza, surfing, and sunlight ruin lives and I'm not against any of those.

I'd rather my parents did all of those things rather than do heroin, wouldn't you?

Well, yeah, of course. And I'd rather they ate turkey sandwiches than pizza. I'm just saying that being against all use of illegal drugs just because they are illegal drugs is kind of dumb.

[rubah]

Why wouldn't I have been talking about meth? I thought that cooking methamphetamines was the subject of discourse.

[Shlup]

The topic is drug dealing in general. Like, any of them.

I agree that cooking meth would be a bad plan. Ew.

[rubah]

ah, I see now. I missed some posts on the first page. I guess we're agreed then!

[Shlup]

Good. You scared me for a second.

[Mirage]

I'd do it if I didn't risk getting caught.

The biggest problem with drugs is that they are illegal, and the "war on drugs" creates more victims than the drugs themselves. Not to mention the social stigma, which prevents them from doing work they would have been perfectly capable of doing even if they smoked a joint in the weekends, shot heroin on friday afternoons, snorted cocain in a strip club on a saturday night.

The illegality keeps the drugs more impure than they have to be, because the production needs to go through more stages to avoid showing up in red flashing letters on the watch lists for purchase of various chemicals. The more stages, the more dirty the drugs get. I would love it if Novartis made my MDMA in their million dollar super high tech labs (if I had used illegal drugs anyway). It also makes dealers sometimes mix other chemicals into whatever they're selling to make bigger profits. Normal amphetamines being mixed with methamphetamine, for example.

Legal drugs that were traceable back to the manufacturer would ensure that you always got the right mix of substances, and the amonts of it you wanted. I firmly believe this would lead to fewer overdoses and fewer health risks. Most of the long term damage dealt to heroin users isn't from the heroin itself, but the health risks associated with needle sharing, impurity, lack of a real place to live, etc.