One should also understand there is a plentiful amount of mind altering substances and those who sell and/or possess them. If one is to aquire a weapon such as a firearm they would be able quite easily aquire those substances as long as they were to pick a target who is not equally armed as this method requires having the monopoly of force in the moment. This method can be quite risky however as if this resource is exploited from a member of an criminal organization either inadvertently or intentionally one may find that they had the upper hand initially but that now their investment has led to being faced with 2 options: relocate, or find a way to gain the upper hand, this may be possible if one is able to aquire superior equipment and even possibly find people to recruit. If recruiting people to assist you may find forming your own criminal organization will lead to even more resources becoming available. For example, the mind altering substances being sought could be manufactured both for one's personal use and as a way of making profit, however some of this revenue will need to be used to fight the conflict that was why you formed the organization initially.