by Patrick Appel
Daniel Alexandre Portoraro, a Canadian college student who kicked off last week's thread on telemarketing by discussing his own job, momentarily considered dealing marijuana as a way to boost his income. He ultimately decided dealing wasn't worth the risk but not before doing some research:
I spoke to Harold, a young, white youth at a university outside Toronto. His hair was brown and messy, and he dressed like anyone else you would see in a lecture hall; nearly nondescript, harmless; one would never think he was involved with drugs.
“I buy about $600, $700 worth of weed a week,” he told me in his room, a simple affair: fridge, gaming laptop, bookcase with too few books; the quintessential student quarters. “But that’s only because I’m selling the really good stuff,” he continued, “You can spend less, but the product won’t be as good. I usually make about $300 profit every week”–which is more than enough to cover the average college student’s expenses on McDonald’s and the weekly kegger.
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