- Fentanyl dealers launder their profits through Vancouver’s real estate market1)https://globalnews.ca/news/4149818/vancouver-cautionary-tale-money-laundering-drugs/
- The influx of proceeds of transnational crime causes Vancouver’s home prices to soar causing a frenzy of speculation.
- This toxic demand then leads to eviction and homelessness.
- Eviction and homeless has been linked to increases in addiction2)William Damon, Ryan McNeil, M -J Milloy, Ekaterina Nosova, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi; Residential eviction predicts initiation of or relapse into crystal methamphetamine use among people who inject drugs: a prospective cohort study, Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx187.
- The increase in addiction then leads to increase in fentanyl sales
- The increase in sales leads to large profits to the dealers
References
| 1. | ↑ | https://globalnews.ca/news/4149818/vancouver-cautionary-tale-money-laundering-drugs/ |
| 2. | ↑ | William Damon, Ryan McNeil, M -J Milloy, Ekaterina Nosova, Thomas Kerr, Kanna Hayashi; Residential eviction predicts initiation of or relapse into crystal methamphetamine use among people who inject drugs: a prospective cohort study, Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx187 |