[GUIDE] Low level drug dealing (Open-Air Markets)

[Jari13X]

Short guide on realistic drug roleplay for low level dealers.

 

Open-Air Markets

 

Source - https://popcenter.asu.edu/content/drug-dealing-open-air-markets-0

 

Open-air markets represent the lowest level of the drug distribution network. Low-level markets need to be tackled effectively not only because of the risks posed to market participants, but also to reduce the harms that illicit drug use can inflict on the local community. 

 

As with any other type of commodity, illicit drugs are traded in a market where buyer and seller have to locate one another in order to conduct a transaction.

 

There are two types of retail market systems: those that are person-specific, relying on social networks to communicate information about vendors, potential customers, their location and prices; and those that are place-specific.

 

Open-air drug markets operate in geographically well-defined areas at identifiable times so buyers and sellers can locate one another with ease. A variety of drugs may be sold, most commonly to include: heroin, crack, cocaine, and marijuana.

 

Open-air markets are also likely to be open markets. This means that there will be few barriers to access, and anyone who looks like a plausible buyer will be able to purchase drugs. An open market has advantages for both buyers and sellers. Buyers know where to go in order to find the drugs that they want and can weigh quality against price, and sellers are able to maximize customer access.

 

In response to the risks of law enforcement, open markets tend to transform into closed markets where sellers will only do business with buyers they know or with buyers for whom another trusted person will vouch. The degree to which markets are closed—the barriers of access put in the way of new buyers—will depend largely on the level of threat posed by the police. Intensive policing can quickly transform open markets into closed ones. Mobile communication cell phones also aid this process.

 

Dealing with open-air drug markets presents a considerable challenge for the police. Simply arresting market participants will have little impact in reducing the size of the market or the amount of drugs consumed.7 This is especially true of low-level markets where if one dealer is arrested, there are, more than likely, several others to take their place. Moreover, drug markets can be highly responsive to enforcement efforts but the form of that response is sometimes an adaptation that leads to unintended consequences, including displacement or increased revenue for dealers with fewer competitors.

 

Okay now let's break this guide down in terms of what would work on GTA W and how.

 

Transporting drugs, like delivery guys is now common, once buyers are established especially in low-income areas, an Instagram DM or message is all that would be needed to move the drug and collect your cash. Dealers usually establish relationships with their buyers, if your product is good and cheap, they'll be calling you for more.

 

Social Media

 

You can easily build up clients by asking people that buy off of you in the street if they have social media. FaceBrower is  an easy way to build up connections with little to no risk as you're not moving kilos like pablo, unless you're reported and investigated Law Enforcement usually wouldn't care too much. Once a connection is built, social media is an easy way to advertise your drugs and set up meets.

 

Night Life Dealing

When clubs and bars and similar places open, go to them and sell party drugs. Be mindful that if you're roleplaying below the age of 21, you likely cannot get into clubs / bars. If you are too young to go inside of clubs, hang outside and solicit people by your car or near the entrance, another method would be to use older relatives or friends as sales reps who could distribute your product in areas that you can't.

 

Dealing In High Traffic Areas ("HIDTAs")

Don't feel confined to selling drugs only in your territory. Realistically, LS has active drug markets all around the city, some more active and attractive than others. Feel free to get in a car and drive to a higher traffic area that makes sense (obviously, don't drive to Vinewood to post up on the street). Be mindful that you're roleplaying an average dealer, if somebody asks you to leave, unless you have enough people with you and there is no other option, back out, it's more of a pick and choose situation. it is common for dealers to hop in traffic and try to establish connections in neighborhoods where there would be no real beef.

 

 

If I missed anything, PM me or add it here.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Jari13X

[EffPee]

Good guide, shame the consumer base doesn’t wanna rp around low level dealers

[Sixty]

1 hour ago, EffPee said:

Good guide, shame the consumer base doesn’t wanna rp around low level dealers

I can’t speak for everyone, but that could be partly because a lot of people are always on the lookout for the next scam. Countless examples over people selling someone drugs, all to rob them shortly after of both their money and the drugs. If there was more of a low level dealing community that wasn’t always looking to scam people, maybe they’d be more willing to try. Again this is not a generalization and I know not everyone does that, but it does indeed happen a lot more often than you’d think.

 

EDIT: Hopefully this guide can help steer people in a different direction. We can hope, at least.

Edited February 3, 2021 by Sixty

[EffPee]

3 minutes ago, Sixty said:

I can’t speak for everyone, but that could be partly because a lot of people are always on the lookout for the next scam. Countless examples over people selling someone drugs, all to rob them shortly after of both their money and the drugs. If there was more of a low level dealing community that wasn’t always looking to scam people, maybe they’d be more willing to try. Again this is not a generalization and I know not everyone does that, but it does indeed happen a lot more often than you’d think.

Fair enough, I won’t derail the thread by discussing this further but it’s a shame the majority have to suffer because of that.

[RufioCas]

good guide, could also add that corner dealing is a dead concept, especially in LA due to various reasons(and that u can sms ur customers when u got smth on deck)