Is the Black Market Evolving?

Interesting topic over at Global Guerillas entitled Open Source Networks and Heroin.  One time sugar cane farmers from Xalisco, Mexico have become heroin dealers.  However, instead of a top down, violent organization like the cartels, these seller operate on a loose network dynamic and build their individual businesses by competing on quality, price and customer service.

They even deliver.

It's ironic that as the socialist control freaks in Washington prepare to march across the ruins of our civilization, the feudal structure that has dominated the drug trade for decades may be giving way to a market that rewards entrepreneurial spirit more than a willingness to use violence.

Link to LA Time article.