not as profitable as you think and way more risky

your “friends” will often run up stupid amounts of tick debts and will they be there to back you up when they feds start knocking at your door?

now I wont’ go on about the “moral” side of it because I don’t even think that drug use is immoral, but the other harsh reality is that in a normal business environment worst that could happen is usually that your rivals can only grass you up to your boss or may be a govt regulator

in the drugs trade they will be perfectly prepared to take your life – although this is less common on the party drugs networks it does occasionally happen (as well as reprisals from local vigilantés, often dads/brothers when a young girl has gone a bit sketchy from the drugs you sold her)

can’t remember what course you were doing but the harsh facts are that if its an arts course most employers don’t want it (and this is speaking as someone at a management position in a local employer) – they usually want business type courses particularly accountancy or IT experience, or “proper work” such as construction or real engineering (i.e trades, making actual stuff) (not even software these days unfortunately, people in foreign nations can do it cheaper than us)

I don’t know the job market well enough up north but TBH you don’t come across as the sort of chap who would be happy in an office (although you clearly have the brains to do that sort of job, and its the easiest way of getting “just enough to get by” and do a bit of partying)

I think the only “creative” job with any guarantee of regular work would be in printing (especially takeaway flyers) as this tends to be locally commissioned and its not cost-effective to outsource it to other countries (its ironic who ethnic owned businesses are often the ones supporting local British industry!)