Question

What are the cultural differences associated to the Jamaican use of “Ganja” and Mexico’s ritual “Marihuana”? Provide examples; b) Describe the two types of drug networks identified by Jones

Answer 1

• b)Jones examines the comparative resilience of two basic types of drug networks—"territorial" and "transactional"—that are differentiated by their business strategies and provoke wildly different responses from the state. Transactional networks focus on trafficking and are more likely to collude with the state through corruption, while territorial networks that seek to control territory for the purpose of taxation, extortion, and their own security often trigger a strong backlash from the state.
• Transactional, are trafficking-oriented drug networks that focus on ‘transaction’ activities like the “trafficking of drugs and the logistics involved in moving commodities from point A to point B”.These targets are less important to a state and are even likely to form “alliances with states through corruption” and other illicit networks.Territorial, focuses on “the control and taxation of territory”.These groups tend to be more violent and therefore, higher priority for the state.
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