Selling weed is a major means of employment in gang neighborhoods, and countless lives have been lost battling for turf to sell weed on.
But, what's it all for? The weed trade is pretty much a zero sum game, where one gang combatant may kill another for turf, but the gain in wealth on either side is usually zero.
Yesterday when we had two prominent gang personalities from the PIV area welcoming regular paid employment to their community - we asked them what's the economic benefit of weed selling, and they told us, not much:
But now that the trade in marijuana could be transitioning from a nickel and dime corner game to a full fledged area of commercial enterprise - the groups that have for so long endured great mortal risk to control the trafficking and distribution of the prohibited substance, will likely be pushed aside for commercial interests with banking bonafides. "Horse" Garnett told us how he feels about this:
