ANTH 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: North American Free Trade Agreement
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Andres gets released from jail, his traumatic experience behind bars convinces him to leave the trade and try for a decent life. Number one reason why the drug trade is so appealing is economic. Andres worked very hard for long hours after his release, but never made a lot of money. Andres wasn"t making enough money to support the household, so paz forced to work changing adult diapers for an old man. Not only was andres devastated his mom had to perform just a degrading task, it was made even more humiliating by the fact she made more money than him. Hierarchy of the drug trade so that those at the bottom are expendable and easiest for authorities to capture. Those at the top receive all the profit, do none of the manual work, and almost never get caught (mules don"t know whose drugs they"re running so they can"t reveal anything to the police)
