{"id":75462,"date":"2025-04-29T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&#038;p=75462"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:17:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:17:53","slug":"cannabis-as-a-career","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/work\/cannabis-as-a-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis as a career: how a dealer became a businessman"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"cover--lead-in has-spacing--none\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__content typo--tiempos\">\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"entry-categories\">\n\t<a class=\"post__tag\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine-category\/work\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work<\/a><\/div>\r\n        <h2 class=\"cover--lead-in__headline headline-size--s\">\r\n            Cannabis as a career: how a dealer became a businessman        <\/h2>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__text\">\r\n                <p>He cycled through the suburbs with bags full of weed \u2013 and everything went to plan. A former dealer explains why the cannabis trade made more sense to him than any shift job. <strong>By <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/riccardo-prevete\/\">Riccardo Prevete<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n            <\/div>\r\n        \r\n                    <div class=\"cover--lead-in__author\">\r\n                                        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__author__image\">\r\n                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/riccardo-prevete\/\">\r\n                            \r\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"68\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portraet-Riccardo-Prevete-thumb-68x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-image-portrait--large size-image-portrait--large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portraet-Riccardo-Prevete-thumb-68x68.jpg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portraet-Riccardo-Prevete-thumb-52x52.jpg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portraet-Riccardo-Prevete-thumb-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Portraet-Riccardo-Prevete-thumb.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 68px) 100vw, 68px\" \/>\r\n                                                            <\/a>\r\n                                                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    \r\n                                <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__author -->\r\n        \r\n    <\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in__content -->\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <figure class=\"cover--lead-in__image cover--lead-in__media cover--lead-in__media--image\">\r\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\r\n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel.jpg\"\r\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Janek_Stempel_Grass-7-dunkel-150x100.jpg 150w\"\r\n                width=\"1499\"\r\n                height=\"999\"\r\n                alt=\"\"\r\n                style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\r\n            \/>\r\n        <\/figure>\r\n\r\n        \r\n    \r\n<\/div><!-- .cover--lead-in -->\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--s\"><sup><sub>Photo: Janek Stempel<\/sub><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\"><strong>In a calm, sonorous voice,<\/strong> J. answers the phone at the agreed time. \u2018What\u2019s up, all good?\u2019 His unflappable manner has always impressed me. We talk about old acquaintances, life back home, his family. A quick catch-up, and then we get down to business: his experiences in the cannabis trade \u2013 before legalisation. He was in the business for ten years, with a few short breaks. We know each other from our home town of Mannheim. A workers\u2019 city, home to Mercedes-Benz, Roche and BASF, to name just a few of the big players. We eventually met through one of J.\u2019s employees, with whom I shared a flat for two years. He paid her to make deliveries, charged by the kilo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">He did his rounds by bike, meeting customers in inconspicuous spots in the suburban idyll. Nobody strolling here on a sunny Sunday among laughing families and prim terraced houses would ever guess that for almost a decade, the cannabis black market thrived right here. In the morning he left the house with bags full of baggies; in the evening he came back with bags full of cash. Simple, straightforward, inconspicuous \u2013 that\u2019s how his system worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">He tries it for the first time \u2013 and shortly afterwards starts dealing. A friend puts him in touch with his first source. A buying group, as they\u2019d say in business. Buying together saves money: 100 grams at five euros a gram. Not a bad rate for the first semi-professional purchase. Many people who sell initially just want to fund their own use. For J., the financial incentive plays the bigger role from early on. Buy for five, sell for ten \u2013 a 100 per cent profit margin. You don\u2019t need a business degree for that. And the business is scalable. He calls his neighbourhood in his southern German home town a stoner stronghold. The product practically sells itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_e0612b26812103f737e0b95d8388247b\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>100 grams at five euros a gram.<\/strong> Not a bad rate for the first semi-professional purchase.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <span><\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--xs\"><strong>The appeal lies elsewhere too: being seen, being relevant. <\/strong>Then there\u2019s his experience of the regular job market. In the school holidays, he grafts for a big German lubricants manufacturer. Shift work, the hamster wheel, drudgery. Mind-numbing, meaningless tasks in a soul-destroying environment. The exploitative nature Marx described repels him too. A lot has changed since \u2018Das Kapital\u2019, but he can\u2019t imagine that life and doesn\u2019t want to. Who\u2019d want to heave barrels when two rounds on a bike can bring in half a month\u2019s wages?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--m\">Reliability, punctuality, order \u2013 the old German virtues count on the black market too. J. is seen as reliable, professional, likeable and trustworthy \u2013 qualities that pay off in this milieu. He works with his second source for years. The first bigger deal takes him on a business trip. A Friday, a hire car, an expensive Mercedes \u2013 and two smart young Germans at the wheel. The police keep their distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n    \n    <div id=\"quote-block_f663a81d95d33143b8cc518efd3e4b92\" class=\"block-quote has-spacing--m\">\n        <figure class=\"quote\">\n            <blockquote>\n                <p><strong>Reliability, punctuality, order<\/strong> \u2013 the old German virtues count on the black market too.<\/p>\n            <\/blockquote>\n\n            <figcaption>\n\n                            <span><\/span>\n            <\/figcaption>\n            \n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph has-spacing--default\">As in legitimate trade, new production facilities are inspected, contacts made, relationships cultivated. A handshake welcome, a tour of the premises, negotiations in a purpose-built office. Start-up vibes: a tidy desk, a spacious loft flat, a PlayStation and gaming area. All this before Berlin hipsters came up with the idea of ball pits. The atmosphere is relaxed, almost familial. Business is steady, the margin is right, demand is there. Ideal conditions. Three kilos discreetly change hands. On the shelf behind the desk, by J.\u2019s estimate, there are 20 to 30 more. After a tasting and a long session in the gaming area, J. and his colleague head home. The customers are waiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-default has-spacing--s\">Why did he get out? \u2018Moving in with my girlfriend,\u2019 says J. The new neighbourhood was too quiet, too nosy \u2013 too many eyes with too much time on their hands. All the coming and going wouldn\u2019t go unnoticed. Would he do anything differently today? A brief hesitation, then: \u2018Save more and go bigger.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_6c96051c3c73bcdce6a6c3a5c58ad15b\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--default font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <p><strong>Recommended by the editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/collecting\/the-worlds-largest-playmobil-collection\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Collecting<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                The world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection: 400,000 figures                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>It all began in a child&#8217;s bedroom \u2013 today Oliver Schaffer owns the world&#8217;s largest Playmobil collection, with more than 400,000 figures. 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