rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) (03/28/85)
The following is from the 3/24/85 edition of the "Democrat and Chronicle". I present it as "news" and leave the argument about its "credibility" to others. "In all, 47 accused dealers were rounded up during raids that netted thousands of pounds of marijuana, more than 10 pounds of cocaine, an assrtment of weapons and three cars. "But investigators said the arrests will make only a small dent in the drug trade in Rochester and not even a ripple in the ocean of drugs sold across the country. "'Yes, we've been successful in many respects,' said Dale Anderson, commander of the Rochester FBI office. 'But the United States and Rochester, NY, are not winning the war against drugs. "'The narcotics problem exists in this country to such a degree that we could use all 8,000 FBI agents to combat drugs and still need to hire 80,000 more agents.' "Cotsworth described the three drug rings as significant suppliers of cocaine and marijuana in Rochester. "'On a scale of one to 10, some of these organizations are maybe 10s here. We've had our successes,' Cotsworth said. 'But on a scale of one to 10 on the overall picture, they are probably on the lower spectrum. "'That's how many drugs are out there. That's how severe the problem is.'" Three drug rings are busted in a city of < 300,000 and the business goes on almost as usual. And some of you out there think that ONE organization controls ALL drugs in cities as large as 10,000,000+? Looks like a pretty free market to me. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) (04/01/85)
>/* rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) / 9:01 am Mar 28, 1985 */ > >Three drug rings are busted in a city of < 300,000 and the business >goes on almost as usual. And some of you out there think that ONE organization >controls ALL drugs in cities as large as 10,000,000+? Looks like a >pretty free market to me. A free market is one in which participants can and do act on a voluntary basis. The term "free market" does not by itself indicate the number of agents acting within the market.