Narconomics and drugs

Today, out of my bottomless jar for regrets, I pick out one to share with you today—I never finished my "Narconomics" book. Narconomics talked about the business of drugs and organised crime. Narcotics' Economics—if you haven't gotten it yet.

I am obsessed with organised crime. The chain of command and the style of distribution is uncanny—it always gets me wondering.

Any kind of alleged mafia intrigues me. Whether it is the Italian Mafia or the famed Chinese ring or the Japanese Mafia or the Americans or the typical Mexicans—even the Nigerian Mafia, I'm amazed at how these supposed rascals manage their operations.

Operations is the keyword here. They get things done, crazily on time.

You might wonder, Praise has been crazy about execution lately. Unfortunately, that's the latest wall I've been hit with—getting things done, regardless of what happens.

Narconomics talks about the strange market forces that drive up the price of drugs and how government policies only increases demand. It talks up the insane amount of demand compared to the limited supply.

It talks about the long hard chain of supply from the Cannabis farmers to the final seller—recording over 3000% in margin. It is crazy to think.

It postulates that the only reason the drug trade is still very effective today despite the supposed clampdown by government is that demand continues to soar.

In the short ~34 pages that I read, it postulates that if the government spent more time clamping down on demand that on supply, it'd make considerable progress with drugs.

Unfortunately, that is not so.

But the government is not my problem. Lol.

What intrigues me is how these drug cartels are able to circumvent these sanctions to deliver safely to their end customers.

Whether it is via e-commerce, or district wholesalers, or via unit sales by "agents", what we see in FinTech today—especially in distributed financial services—is what Escobar hacked years before.

The guidelines are simple. Don't get caught. Don't steal. Sell everything. Shut your mouth.

Drugs are bad. Don't get me wrong. The news and our parents say so. Medical experts corroborate their thoughts even.

But the operations that get these drugs to where they are needed is something everyone should study.

So, please read Narconomics, and maybe someday we'll discuss it over a call.

If this entire letter felt like a rant to you, take this—when you have a task you can't seem to execute, assume you're in a drug cartel where the stakes are either positive results or your life—and find alternatives.

Lol.

That's how I'm handling this week.

I love you. Ciao.

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