[rfrank]

> That is, I don't think it's very common for someone to say "I want to sell a lot of drugs because I can't afford to kill enough people otherwise,"

This depends very much on who you're talking about.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ana-davila/drug-cartels-where-...

[valuearb]

You are correct. Making drugs illegal has funded the creation of massive cartels who use that funding to pursue other crimes and to war against any competitors.

The solution will never be shutting down darknets and arresting people.

[rhizome]

Like I said, I'm not saying it doesn't happen.

[rfrank]

I think you underestimate the frequency pretty dramatically.