He was a really smart businessman. By insuring reliable quality, competitive pricing and discretion, Powell says, the dealer kept customers satisfied. U.C. Davis sociology professor Bill McCarthy and Northwestern University professor John Hagan, interviewed several hundred homeless youths dealing drugs in the early '90s on the streets of Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia. Reactions in the business community have been cautious. Susan Valenta, executive director of the Gilroy, Calif., Chamber of Commerce finds any attempt to describe drug dealers in positive terms distasteful.
Businesspeople have qualities, drug dealers have methods of operation.
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