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Actually, they might even increase their marijuana sales during the recession. Cocaine is a luxury item for casual users as opposed to addicts so cocaine sales might just drop, which would hurt Mexican drug trafficking organizations because according to the ONDCP anyway Mexican drug trafficking organizations gross about $3.9 billion from cocaine sales to Americans, around 28% of their total gross receipts for drug sales to Americans. They're only the middlemen for cocaine though which must first be purchased and smuggled from South America before it is smuggled into this country. Their big cash cow is marijuana (about $8.6 billion a year in sales to Americans, about 62% of gross), and Mexican marijuana is usually dirt cheap compared to American grown pot. They may actually increase their marijuana sales as pot smokers here switch to a cheaper product rather than spending several times as much for fancy connoisseur grade product. Who knows though? I was surprised to see that beer sales have been hurting, even for the cheaper product. In the past alcohol sales have been good during economic down times, but people have switched from super pricey premium product to less expensive alcoholic beverages.