Just like any person or business that we associate with a name, it holds some of the most significant power and influence in our lives. But the idea of the name is often disregarded or viewed as an irrelevant concept. We see drug dealers who have the same name as a celebrity; we see “drug kingpin” and “drug lord” in the same sentence, and we know exactly what the name means.
Well, apparently no one ever wants to say, “you mean the drug kingpin of New Orleans?” Because that’s basically the title of the new Netflix series, New Orleans Drug Kingpin, which debuts next week. I can’t say I’ll be watching it with a lot of enthusiasm, but I’ve certainly been thinking about it.
The show is a re-imagining of the history of the drug trade in the city, a story about the rise of the city’s criminal elements and the kingpin’s attempts to rid the city of them. And because we all know that the word “drug” is basically synonymous to “theft”, we can assume that the show is full of drug dealers and drug kingpins. Its also pretty obvious that the show would be an accurate depiction of the city from a historical perspective.
I think the most interesting thing about this show is how its based on the real history of the city, which is based on the real history in the 18th c. the drug trade was one of the primary citys industries during the citys industrial revolution, so its easy to imagine the show being a true re-telling of that.
But what do I know? I just watched it.
Well, according to the description, New Orleans is the capital of the “new” US. I would say the “old” US is still the capital of the “old” US, but New Orleans is what people call the “city of kings.” The drug trade and the city’s role in the drug trade seems like a perfect match for the show.
The drug trade has been the topic of many conversations in the media at this point, and it’s easy to see why. The citys history of being a haven for the slave trade, the war between the citys native tribes, and the fact that the citys main trade routes all go through New Orleans all add up to make it a prime location for the drug trade.
Well, it looks like that’s no longer the case. Not only are drug dealers from New Orleans leading the charge, but they’re doing it in a way that makes it seem as though the citys only drug dealers are running around the city. In fact, the entire drug trade seems to be a bit of a conspiracy within the city, with various leaders of the drug trade all getting involved.
How does it work? With the drug dealer’s drug deals, there’s a level playing field between the government and drug dealers that allows them to get in on a very lucrative drug deal while the drug traffickers can’t control the trade. When the drug dealers control the drug trade, the government gets to decide which drug dealer they want to trade. This is a bit of a side effect of drug dealers being able to control the drug trade.
One of the drug dealers got caught, and his punishment was to be killed immediately by the government. Its a bit of a side effect of the drug dealers being able to control the drug trade.
