[Snapple]

The drug business has a very distorting effect on a lot of businesses. For example, if the drug dealer owns a shoe store as a front, he can affort to sell his shoes cheaper and still make money.

When he sells the shoes cheaper, it drives the honest shoe stores out of business. Pretty soon, many business people have to become involved in the narcotics trade or go out of business.

[Ambient]

Or else investigate the cut shops and put there business and drug trafiking out of business.

[E Rocc]

The drug business has a very distorting effect on a lot of businesses. For example, if the drug dealer owns a shoe store as a front, he can affort to sell his shoes cheaper and still make money.

When he sells the shoes cheaper, it drives the honest shoe stores out of business. Pretty soon, many business people have to become involved in the narcotics trade or go out of business.

This of course is one of the problems that legalization would fix rather quickly.

-Eric

[joesnuffy]

Exactly....