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to my chest. I had already written off school as a determinant
for my future and was disillusioned with education through
my experiences trafficking, convinced in part, that I had a
future as drug dealer for life.
I was living out of multiple locations around the Bay Area
and had bought a new car for thirty grand, was spending money
on friends and expensive dinners, lavish purchases, and
non-business related travel. Life was good. So we expanded.
We started selling weed in Texas. The clientele was there,
the market was there, but building the infrastructure was
tricky. on a one way flight out of Texas, I was nearly stopped
by a TSA agent, and then allowed to move forward only because
the line was backing up. In retrospect, it was a very
close call, I had a lot of cash strapped to my chest and legs.
our business at school was going well, and as we moved
through the second semester, we were poised to leverage any
possible profits. on one successful weekend, over prominent
school events, we sold a kilo of cocaine and seven pounds of
weed. After a few sleepless days, I flew back to California with
sixty grand on my person.
But as school started to wind down, so did our sales. Concerned
about our ability to carry on our successfully operations
past graduation, we moved into Texas more and more
aggressively. our market was unlimited but we were confined
by our shipping limitations and our Texas connection’s cash
flow.
Luckily our connection in Texas had close ties with cartel
members whose attention we had caught. They requested that
we put together a small pack; the only problem, this was outside
of our wheelhouse, and we did not have the personnel to
transport large quantities of weed.
By now, the business was clearly taking a toll on my person.
It was clear that I wouldn’t be graduating this June, and
what had started out as general stress had turned into unexpected
and full-fledged panic attacks. I had trouble sleeping
at night and started relying on over the counter sleep medication
to rest.
After much deliberation, we did the unthinkable, putting
together a plan to sell 50 pounds in Texas over spring break.
The plan was not easy to execute. We had exactly one week
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