Culture - How to get a drug dealer who you don't know to sell to you and trust you.

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Ok, SWIM never used drugs in high school, barely ever drank even. SWIM graduated, went to the city for college, and immediately became immersed in the drug culture. A few of SWIM's good friends were actually dealers of a variety of drugs, and SWIM often enjoyed the luxury of "friend prices" and even freebies from time to time. Blah blah blah, after a year in the city a number of extenuating circumstances caused SWIM to transfer to an even better (and thus more infested with squares) school that's very close to SWIM's home. SWIM didn't have any drug friends in highschool, so he has NO drug connections now that he's living at home.

Now the point of this thread: SWIM has put considerable effort into plugging himself into any sort of drug trade, but to no avail. SWIM has successful purchased marijuana and vicodin from several dealers on multiple occasions, only to find after a few regular purchases that the dealer simply stopped answering SWIM's calls. As a side note, SWIM never pesters the dealers or buys inordinate quantities. Obviously SWIM understands that since he was referred to these people by non-drug-using friends, he is a total stranger to the dealer and can't be assumed to be someone who wouldn't rat if he was caught by the police.

So, SWIM's question is this: Is there some sort of traditional action that individuals take to ensure a dealer won't shut them out for being a stranger? Until SWIM makes a drug using who can trust his loyalty and act as middle man, is there something he can do to get dealers to keep selling to him? Or is this a hopeless endeavor?