Lifestyle And Background: Tessie Castillo

Lifestyle/background

In today’s world we see a lot of crimes that deal with drugs. In this website Tessie Castillo a journalist has talked on the phone with a man named Casper to understand how drug dealers choose their lifestyle. Casper started selling drugs and using them at age fifteen. He would even sell drugs in his highschool parties. Eventually he was arrested and served time in prison. Casper told the journalist Castillo

Once I realized I could do something simple like sell drugs and make money without having to punch a clock or have anyone tell me what to do, that was the lifestyle that I wanted. I wanted to be my own boss (Castillo. 2019).

As we can see he decided to choose this lifestyle of being a drug dealer in order to be his

People that are adventurers are more likely to act in criminal acts because they find pleasure when it comes to committing a crime. “Dealing can help people to create the type of life they want as one of excitement, where they are 'tough', or where they break outside of society and its restraints” (Lighthouse, 2023b). This is another reason why some people might decide to live a lifestyle of selling drugs. They might also encounter peer pressure which leads them to also engage in criminal behavior. When people have friends or family that are selling drugs and they pressure people to engage in this type of criminal activity they themselves feel obligated to participate in this type of activity. This type of activity can be seen more in drug dealers that have a gang. Having a gang that sells drugs is more dangerous because the members in the gang can threaten their own people if they decide to not engage in criminal

“By 2015, the drug was responsible for killing nearly 13,000 people in the U.S. alone.” (Lpc, 2023) Heroin is a drug that can become very addicting and cause changes both physically and mentally. As discussed previously heroin is being cut or laced with other dangerous substances to produce a bigger high and more money. In the research it was found that, “ the drug was mixed with sugars, powdered milk, starches, quinine, or other bulking agents. (Lpc, 2023) This is why one needs to be aware of what they buy, one bag might not contain the same substances as another. This is why people get overdosed because the substances that are mixed with heroin are unknown. As stated in the article, , “but they are often much more potent and can lead to a treacherous slowing of several physiological processes such as breathing. Some of these substances are used for medical reasons, while others are not approved for human consumption at any time”. (Lpc,