“I wonder what the man did while in prison? Did he rat out his other dealers?”
In a long and varied career in defense, I have occasionally either worked for somebody or knew somebody in management who was bat-sh*t crazy. One guy managed the accounting department and almost certainly was on cocaine. He was totally paranoid. Can you imagine, if a percentage of the ordinary working world is that way, how much greater the percentage must be in the drug world?
Movies often depict drug people as simple, but brutal businessmen. They appear cold, but logical; reasonable, even, in the context of their environment. I’m guessing they are really more like the Al Pacino character in “Scarface.” Short tempered, irrational and crazy.
I think it depends on how much of their product they use for themselves. Though, as you say, I think it would be very difficult to remain rational in that line of work under any circumstances.
>Movies often depict drug people as simple, but brutal businessmen. They appear cold, but logical; reasonable, even, in the context of their environment. I’m guessing they are really more like the Al Pacino character in “Scarface.” Short tempered, irrational and crazy.
The cold logical people are the middle man distributors/transport logistic guys who don’t get their hands dirty. The produces and direct sellers tend to be 3ed world scum. If you want a good overview of this process watch Cocaine Cowboys on Netflix.