the wraith of an enemy gang. Furthermore, theft has slowly but surely been eroded from the main dish of gang members as a way of attaining money. The prosperity associated with the next topic, drugs, has dwarfed and, in some ways, caused the demise of theft as a major way of earning money in gangs.Drug sales, are without doubt, the gangs most prosperous method of making money. Drug sales emanating from gangs often deal with many other criminal elements. One gang member details his accounts of his drug sales here:I was getting my money selling drugs - large amounts - drugs like sherm [PCP laced marijuana], crystal [methamphetamine], weed [marijuana], and the main killer cocaine. We deal through Cubans and Mexicans in big events, then eventually to the Mafia. (Sanders 141)The above example clearly shows the amount of criminal activity that is involved in the selling of drugs throughout our nation. Along with the sales of drugs going out, comes a massive amount of money coming in.Youths who choose to venture into the drug sale market can make a massive amount of money in a relatively short amount of time. Some children can make anywhere from nine hundred to fifteen hundred dollars per day (Sanders 141). While the money is clearly rolling in to these youths, many are neglecting other responsibilities. School, for instance, is very rarely attended by these youths. When one is making that kind of money on the streets it is difficult to make him or her stop and attend school.While the sales of drugs are a principle commodity in the world of gang money making, the consumption of the product is highly frowned upon. Using the drugs is, consequently, viewed as destruction of profits. However, the smoking of marijuana, for some reason or another, is not frowned upon. In fact, it is commonplace for many drug sellers to smoke massive quantities of marijuana.The appeal of gang banging from a financial standpoint is obvious. There is, howe...
