Is it possible there might be one "plus" from the Y2K debacle? Might drug trafficking be literally, or almost, stopped due to lack of available cash? Or is this pure conjecture? Great granny Holly

-- Holly Allen (Holly3325@juno.com), June 01, 1998

Answers

The drug "business" would probably stop for the same reason many other businesses would - breakdowns in the shipping network due to low supplies of gasoline and diesel. However, imagine the havoc when all the junkies suddenly can't get their daily fix and have to stop cold turkey...

-- Melinda (gieriscm@hotmail.com), June 01, 1998.

Seems like an awful lot of "collateral damage" (isn't that the military's terminology for OOPS"?)....much too much collateral damage just to take care of a problem "created" by the War on Drugs. Human beings will have many more important issues to deal with than drug trafficking if/when the big dominoes begin to fall.

Just my two cents....better make that two junk silver coins....

-- Donna Barthuley (moment@pacbell.net), June 07, 1998.

Between them, the "drug lord" hold most of the worlds greenbacks. They could be really influential post y2k, even more than they are today. Their main line of business will be hard hit because its huge profitability derives primarily from its illegality. Without governments to enforce the fascistic drug laws, free-market forces would dramatically reduce the prices. But they've been diversifying their interests for many years, and some of them probably have attained "too big to fail" status!

-- klooowie (termin@or.com), September 28, 1998.

your local heroin dealer might be your only hope for any pain relief should you get seriously hurt.

-- ed (edrider007@aol.com), September 29, 1998.

I have a y2k-aware friend who plans to pick up a few gold coins, only in order to be able to buy medicine for her children if they get sick post-2k. My guess is that the black market will stay alive and well. If anything, black markets tend to grow in times of chaos. I think y2k will qualify... 8-(

-- Tricia the Canuck (jayles@telusplanet.net), September 29, 1998.