It's sad he got caught. Everyone snitches now days to save their own ass.
I used to sell a lot of drugs, obviously not like Meech, but a good amount. At peak I was doing 5-10 lbs a week of weed, 200-500 beanz a week, under an oz of coke usually closer to 1/4 or 1/2 as I didn't like fucking with coke because of the clientele and risk of robbery/violence. And *lots* of prescription pills as one of my connections had a cousin that worked in a pharmacy warehouse.
I got caught after a few years. I got 4 felonies ( delivery marijuana, delivery xanax, possession xanax, and possession marijuana)
It was my first charges as an adult so I got off with a little over a month in jail, 4 years state probation, 4 years house arrest, and a BUNCH of retarded drug classes and shit as well as a suspended drivers license for 2 years or maybe 4 years, don't remember.
I continued to do work for a while while on house arrest. I could still drive for work related purposes, and my boss was cool with it. So I would make deliveries during the day and if I got pulled I would just say I was going to/from a job for work.
One day I got ballsy and went to make a delivery later in the day at like 6pm or later in the day. I got pulled and had 500 xanax hidden in my center console. Needless to say when the cop ran my info he immediately pulled me out and searched the car. He didn't find the bars but he called a couple detectives there and they all sat around and talked for a couple of hours about god knows what while I was sitting in back of the car. Eventually they let me and my puckered asshole go on my way.
After that I had to ask myself what would have happened if they had found the bars in my car. At that point I had to ask myself what would happen if I was facing 20 years or more? Would I snitch? I'd like to think that infact I wouldn't snitch and I'd take it on the chin. But, I couldn't be sure. The only honorable thing to do was to quit selling drugs because I couldn't say with 100% certainty that I'd not snitch if I was facing a huge sentence.
If everyone was honest with themselves instead of just trying to be cool hard asses and saying "yeah, I wont never snitch bro! Fuck snitching!" then the game would be a much better place. But nobody wants to sit down and really ask themselves if they can take 30 years like a man. I don't know if I could have. I could have taken 5, maybe 10, and been OK. But when you start talking about 20, 30, 40 years...you got to have some serious fucking heart to do that and I dunno what I would have done.
The only logical and honorable thing to do was for me to bow out.
Both my connections ended up getting caught in the next couple of years. One got 30 years, the other got 10. One just got out, the other still has a ways to go before he gets out. I still talk to both of them.
No idea what the point of this story is. I just think if motherfuckers would drop the tough guy attitudes and take a step back and evaluate what is at risk and what could happen, it would be a lot better for everyone.
God I miss selling drugs though. There is nothing better I have ever experienced than those few years. Everyone knows you, everyone wants you to come to their parties, women know you and want you. You have retarded amounts of money to piss away on whatever you want and it doesn't matter because you know tomorrow you'll make it all back. I can only imagine what the lifestyle of 270m in drug money would be like.
The only thing I don't miss is the EXTREME paranoia and the shitty/almost daily interactions with cops and detectives.
EDIT: holy shit wall of text
