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Dear Colleagues,

Someone at a conference recently asked weird questions
that I thought I'd ask one of the multi-field experts here to
answer:

1 Is there anything resembling q futures market in the drug
trade? (... not pharmaceuticals, but the criminal drug traffic).

2 Do drug prices fluctuate?

3 Is there a noticeable shift of supply and demand in the
drug trade?

4 Have there been any notable shifts in different consumption
patterns or "drugs of choice" in different populations over
the years?

Best regards,

Ken Friedman

From: jfdja@mail.uas.alaska.edu [mailto:jfdja@mail.uas.alaska.edu]

The answer to all of the questions is yes.

The best expert in the field to direct them to is Patt McRae at
Muhlenburg College - her diss is required reading for DEA agents and
her specialty is the illegal drug cartels.

Hope that helps.

David Ackerman
jfdja@mail.uas.alaska.edu