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Cook County resident
2011 Jun 10, 8:27am
My point, which you seemed to have missed entirely, is without the interstate highway system (or at least on the roads that existed prior to WWII) the effortless distribution of drugs that started in the 1960’s to every corner of America would have simply been impossible.
Just about any non perishable item was available to any one who could afford it by 1900. The easiest example comes from mail order operations such as Sears and Wards. Not only were such drugs as opium and cocaine distributed through the mail but patent medicines were available in stores and sold by town to town peddlers.
Let me clarify. The current effortless ILLICIT distribution of ILLEGAL drugs would not have been possible. Everybody happy now? I know all about sears roebuck (FYI the first house I owned was a 1912 sears kit home in Castleton on Hudson, NY) and the transcontinental railroad thank you very much.
Cook County resident
2011 Jun 11, 3:57am
Let me clarify. The current effortless ILLICIT distribution of ILLEGAL drugs would not have been possible.
Oh, I see. Distributing legal drugs was effortless and distributing illegal drugs became tough until they built Route 666.
Maybe, if gasoline gets expensive enough, Podunkville will again get the protection it deserves.
RWSGFY
2017 Jan 31, 11:20am
Let me clarify. The current effortless ILLICIT distribution of ILLEGAL drugs would not have been possible. Everybody happy now? I know all about sears roebuck (FYI the first house I owned was a 1912 sears kit home in Castleton on Hudson, NY) and the transcontinental railroad thank you very much.
Tons of illegal drugs are now moved across the border via USPS parcels.
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IMO here's your "inflation":
http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/05/news/economy/gas_prices_income_spending/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin
Everything you buy, is transported all over the place. Result of "just in time" inventory is trucks rolling half-full inefficiently because we need another 50 pairs of shoes and stretch pants shipped from distribution center right now. Expect the prices on all the little items you buy (and thus notice daily) to continue creeping up.