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night in nY’s central lockup.
The only white person booked that night made for a lot
of conversation. Mostly revolving around the unfortunate circumstances
that led to our arrests. But more importantly, the
discussions over weed prices in various states, sealed in my
mind an opportunity too good to pass up.
Fast-forward two years; I had made enough connections
that I was able to secure a “front.” For those who don’t know
what that means: you give me a pound, I give you the money
two weeks later. This is how most weed is sold, as small-time
distributors or beginning traffickers don’t usually have the
cash to pay for product upfront.
While I now had the connection to get product without
paying upfront, I still had to convince my friend that he could
sell a pound. At that point, neither of us had any idea. And
the idea of sending thirty five hundred dollars worth of weed,
through the mail with no guarantee that it would get there or
any guarantee that it would sell, was nerve-wracking to say
the least. But I was young and foolish, eager to make money,
and willing to take the risk.
With much relief, the pound arrived at our address back
east, and while it took twice as long to sell as we expected,
the profit margin was some 35% of the investment, giving us
a taste of what was to come.
By junior year, my friend and I were basically supplying
the entire school with our weed. We were selling three
pounds a week minimum. But we were starting to exhaust
our residential mailing addresses and struggling to return
cash to California in a timely manner. our sales were limited
only by our trafficking infrastructure as opposed to our
capital, because at this point, my connections were happy to
supply the product.
Sometime around the end of the first semester junior year
is when we started losing product. We lost our first package,
a three pack worth roughly twelve grand, which was a substantial
hit and easily cut our cash on hand in half. Common
sense might have told us to quit while ahead. But we (by this
point) were still willing to take astronomical risks because
how else can two unemployed colleges students make three
grand a week? So after letting any heat die down, we went
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