In real life, there is a person like "Anonymous", who, for the sake of this story, I'll call Huey Carmichael. I was friends with this person for a while before I learned about his other life. The real Huey knows more than a thing or two about the weed business. He keeps rules.
The Business Secrets of Drug Dealingtells the story of a hyper-observant, politically-minded, but humorously pragmatic weed dealer who has spent a working life compiling rules for how to a) make money and b) avoid prison.
Each rule shapes a chapter of this fast-paced outlaw tale, all delivered in Huey's deliciously trenchant argot. Here are a few of them:
No guns but keep shooters.
Stay behind the white guy.
Don't snitch.
Always have a job.
Be multi-sourced.
Get your money and get out.
Part edge-of-the-seat suspense story, part how-to manual in the tradition ofThe Anarchist Cookbook,The Business Secrets of Drug Dealingis as scintillating as it is subversive. Just reading it feels illegal.
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