Cocaine is becoming more and more popular as times moves on. For some people engaging in the illegal activities of cocaine is a way of life and for others it is just for mere pleasure. Even though it is prohibited by acts of legislature, society still sees thousands of cases dealing with narcotics each year. It is clearly understood that males run the cocaine market, and it is a fact that males are said to be twice as likely as females to report using cocaine (Erickson 117). Does the economy of cocaine stop here, or are there other people that are involved with the steel drug. It needs to be addressed who is taking part of the underground drug economy and what legal actions are being taken to put an end to this acts.
             The first question that needs to be answered is to figure out who actually is involved with this narcotic. It can be easily seen that males mainly run the economy of the drug industry. Recently over the past years it is interesting to see that currently, society is seeing more female roles taking part in the abuse and selling of cocaine. There has been a shirt in women's involvement in drugs. Now women are involved using drug selling and non-drug crimes as part of diverse income strategies. In the cocaine economy the expenses that women get from the economy dominate their lives. Disadvantages seem to be linked with women in the cocaine network typically because they are females, but they still manage to construct careers in other legal work (Fagan 1). It is no surprise that in the new millennium there are more roles being played by women everywhere. The problem that lies with the involvement of more women is the fact that society is growing as far as the participants in the drug economy and that itself is becoming a problem. Three factors explain as to why women are becoming more involved in the drug market. Cocaine has an increased availability and is considered to be inexpensive. There have also been shifts in t...