Comment by kamaal
13 years ago
I think 'barter' would be a better term to sub this up.
a) Why would anybody sell drugs? Answer: Money.
b) Why would anybody need money? Answer: To buy some thing useful called X. If X is something like detergent, sugar, wheat even more better.
a) and b) imply in many cases it makes more sense to trade drugs for X than directly with money.
Drug dealers aren't bartering for Tide to use themselves, they're selling the stolen bottles back to stores. So it's not that.