TEACHSOC: crime as work

[John Glass]

anecdotal, but when i used to work in the field of substance abuse, many of the dealers i worked with saw what they did as purely a business. i had one guy who dealt crack; he drove a Jag, assisted friends and relatives in establishing legitimate businesses (so, he was well liked in the community), never used cocaine himself, and was very interested in making money. also had a young kid (teenager) who dealt crack; he ended up with me becuase he tested + for marijuana while on probation. wanna know why he smoked weed? selling crack was a stressful job and he would smoke dope before going out to sell to calm his nerves! he liked the $$, too.   the rub was that i was supposed to convince these guys to stop making over $1000 week and go get a minimum wage job where they might make $1000/month. easy sell, right? Not so much.   john   John E. Glass, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences Colin County Community College Preston Ridge Campus 9700 Wade Boulevard Frisco, TX 75035 +1-972-377-1622 http://iws.ccccd.edu/jglass/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]   "Some bad karma is worth it" Me --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---