I wear a dress shirt and tie, not "gangsta" clothes.
I sell you a pure product that is cut with nothing at standard street level prices, not bunk dope that is overpriced.
I will weigh it and put it in the correct bag in front of you inside my apartment or your house, not eyeball it and toss it in a gum wrapper behind 7-11, thus attracting police/mugger attention to you when you leave.
I offer my phone number that has voicemail and get back to you as soon as I can, not tell you to meet me at a location and be hours later or not even arrive.
I am unarmed, do not carry excess cash, nor anything but the product you are purchasing, not hiding a switch-blade, handgun, with a bunch of bling and drug money that would cause tension between us.
I deal with you alone and expect you to be alone, not with a bunch of shady characters around me or you to make you or I feel uncomfortable.
I have a customer reward's system where if you buy so much, I lower the prices or give you a bit extra product now-and-then to make you a returning customer, and you always get the same quality with me, not raise the prices or give you sometimes good stuff sometimes bunk.
I am polite, friendly, and act like you would expect a bank teller or any other working professional to act, not have rap music playing, swear every other word, and make in-appropriate comments and jokes.
When I set a time, I always arrive on time or even a few minutes early at the precise place we meet, or if you are coming to me, I let you in right at the time or even a few minutes earlier, not show up a few hours later, not be home, or forget about the appointment.
If I do give you the wrong thing, am late, or do something that affects our business relationship, I will apoligize and correct it for you, although I will be weary if you attempt to abuse this good faith, not make a mistake and hide from you or turn aggressive and threaten you.
If I don't have what you need or you want something I don't usually get, I will try my best to find it for you as soon as I can, but I will tell you this upfront, not tell you I have it and waste your time with a bunch of silly games.
I will never steal from you, threaten you, or commit any criminal activity that would bring the heat on us, nor will I ever co-operate with law enforcement, criminals, or random people/family/friends of yours if investigated and questioned about anything that deals with you, your business and identity is 100% confidential with me, not randomly decide to rob you, steal from stores, commit other crimes that attract un-wanted attention to us and get you under surveillance, and rat on you if arrested or even questioned by law enforcement or any person who seems scary, plus gossip about you to random people.
I do not associate with any form of criminal organizations unless it strictly business, and if there is some sort of territorial control of an area, I will work with whoever "controls" the area to find an arrangement that works for all parties involved, not be in some street thug gang of immature youth, and engage in petty acts of violence and crime over "turf" that isn't even my property to begin with.
If I do use the product I sell, I separate it from the stash that I am selling and treat them as separate, not smoke too much and run out when someone wishes to buy, nor sell that which I myself need and end-up in withdrawal and become desperate.
Finally, as this is my business, I may befriend you and spend time with you, but when I'm working we have an understanding that I will treat you like any other customer and if I have more business to attend to we will split-up for the confidentiality of the other customers, I won't ever front you or loan you product or money because this will obviously lead to problems between us, and if you want to be a business partner of mine we are not friends for the sake of keeping it professional, and if we are friends we will not work together as any disputes would make things uncomfortable between us, not someone who doesn't know the difference between a customer, friend, or business partner, someone who doesn't have a separate private and business life and mixes the two to cause problems to always arrive from disputes, privacy, and reputation, and ends up fronting to people and having to deal with bad situations from either ruining friendships or losing profit.
It is amazing that these simple rules are beyond so many "drug dealers". If all drug dealers and customers acted like this, we wouldn't have the stigma we have. The drug culture is definitely a factor that keeps drugs illegal. Stupidly, however, people emulate the stereotypes of "gangstas" and degenerates because they usually come from broken families and are easily influenced by the hysterical mass media and think it is cool to rebel against society, thus life imitates art. There was once a time when the drug scene was a peaceful and loving thing, remember Wooodstock? Now there's too many degenerates running around in it. Breaking Bad is a perfect example of this. There is NOTHING about methamphetamine that makes people into psychopaths, sociopaths, or general degenerates, but stupid shows like this associate the two and impressionable people end up becoming the very thing that confirms the fears of the ignorant conservatives.
If drugs were all legalized tomorrow, there would be drug stores akin to liquor stores that would sell drugs the same as cigarettes or alcohol are sold, by professional, working people who have the same standards of customer service any other occupation demands. Treat it that way, and watch how your profits soar. Any drug dealer who does this will attract far more customers, and find themselves dealing with professional, normal people, instead of the crowd that one wouldn't want to associate with under any other circumstances. Even the stereotype "gangstas" prefer dealing with a professional over one of their own.