Cocaine use "In retreat"......

[Tony*T3]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8044275.stm

Deluded Coppers said:

The international cocaine market is "in retreat" after a year of successful operations around the world, the Serious Organised Crime Agency claims.

the real reason is the bankers not getting 6 figure bonuses anymore.

Cocaine lifestyle not so easy on the dole!!!!!!!!!!!!1

:-)

Edited by Tony*T3 on Tuesday 12th May 09:54

[Plotloss]

So in the middle of a global economic contraction the war on drugs finally gets a result.



Just how thick do they think people are?

Oh.

[10 Pence Short]

Plotloss said:

Just how thick do they think people are?

Oh.

Well, they did vote Labour 3 times in succession. So pretty thick.

[sleep envy]

Plotloss said:

So in the middle of a global economic contraction the war on drugs finally gets a result.

you can prove anything with facts

[MK4 Slowride]

I love these police drugs 'facts'. Like when they say they've smashed a smuggling operation that bring 90% of the heroin into the UK. Umm ok, so how exactly to you know how much is imported into the UK? Are the drugs shipping manifests kept accurate & upto date by the cartels and handed to the government?

[Somewhatfoolish]

MK4 Slowride said:

I love these police drugs 'facts'. Like when they say they've smashed a smuggling operation that bring 90% of the heroin into the UK. Umm ok, so how exactly to you know how much is imported into the UK? Are the drugs shipping manifests kept accurate & upto date by the cartels and handed to the government?

Depends whether it's MI6 doing it or not

[Crusoe]

Was listening to the figures on the news, claimed they were being so successful catching the big shipments etc. that the purity of the street level drug was at an all time low. So by being successful they are making the drug use even more risky by making the dealers cut it with potentially more harmful unknown products. That doesn’t sound like much of a win to me.

[off_again]

I doubt that its on the decrease to be honest. More like people are saying that they doing it less, to make themselves seem less dependent on the drug. I cannot see that your average taker / dabbler / habitual user is going to use it less because of a recession. More like they will stop eating and drinking first....

[Chris Type R]

When I heard this on the radio this morning, I did wonder if the increased price had anything to do with the Pound falling against other currencies recently

[G_T]

sleep envy said:

Plotloss said:

So in the middle of a global economic contraction the war on drugs finally gets a result.

you can prove anything with facts

"I prefer to rely on blind prejudice and ignorance. I find facts cloud my judgement."

[Oakey]

off_again said:

I doubt that its on the decrease to be honest. More like people are saying that they doing it less, to make themselves seem less dependent on the drug. I cannot see that your average taker / dabbler / habitual user is going to use it less because of a recession. More like they will stop eating and drinking first....

I have one or two friends who were heavy users, spending over £400 a week on the stuff, doing it every day, etc. One has basically stopped doing it bar for the ocassional big event (Hatton fight for example), other only does it on the odd weekend now. Reason being is the majority of gear is crap, only a handful of people can get decent stuff and when they do it's £60 a gram.

[stigmundfreud]

Oakey said:

off_again said:

I doubt that its on the decrease to be honest. More like people are saying that they doing it less, to make themselves seem less dependent on the drug. I cannot see that your average taker / dabbler / habitual user is going to use it less because of a recession. More like they will stop eating and drinking first....

I have one or two friends who were heavy users, spending over £400 a week on the stuff, doing it every day, etc. One has basically stopped doing it bar for the ocassional big event (Hatton fight for example), other only does it on the odd weekend now. Reason being is the majority of gear is crap, only a handful of people can get decent stuff and when they do it's £60 a gram.

Trust me people with that kind of usage are anything but friends

[Oakey]

stigmundfreud said:

Oakey said:

off_again said:

I doubt that its on the decrease to be honest. More like people are saying that they doing it less, to make themselves seem less dependent on the drug. I cannot see that your average taker / dabbler / habitual user is going to use it less because of a recession. More like they will stop eating and drinking first....

I have one or two friends who were heavy users, spending over £400 a week on the stuff, doing it every day, etc. One has basically stopped doing it bar for the ocassional big event (Hatton fight for example), other only does it on the odd weekend now. Reason being is the majority of gear is crap, only a handful of people can get decent stuff and when they do it's £60 a gram.

Trust me people with that kind of usage are anything but friends

Please enlighten us

[DWP]

Most of the drug debate, especially political, is based on ignorance. The one time the USA tried to ban a very popular drug, alcohol, it was a dismal failure. After years of gang war and with the huge profits resulting in corruption, they went back to controlled provision. It makes the present "war on drugs" all the more laughable. It doesn't work and is costing all of us huge amounts in theft, violence and yes corruption. Controlled provision is a much more sensible answer. Oh and twenty years ago coke was £60 a gram for a year or so, then the price dropped as different supply routes opened.

Edited by DWP on Tuesday 12th May 17:55

[Somewhatfoolish]

Oakey said:

stigmundfreud said:

Oakey said:

off_again said:

I doubt that its on the decrease to be honest. More like people are saying that they doing it less, to make themselves seem less dependent on the drug. I cannot see that your average taker / dabbler / habitual user is going to use it less because of a recession. More like they will stop eating and drinking first....

I have one or two friends who were heavy users, spending over £400 a week on the stuff, doing it every day, etc. One has basically stopped doing it bar for the ocassional big event (Hatton fight for example), other only does it on the odd weekend now. Reason being is the majority of gear is crap, only a handful of people can get decent stuff and when they do it's £60 a gram.

Trust me people with that kind of usage are anything but friends

Please enlighten us

£400 a week on coke is an addict old chap.

I do enormous amounts of drugs, but would never do such amounts, and it's reasonable to assume that anyone doing such is going to steal your watch tomorrow. So be careful

[Skywalker]

Sorry - SOCA aren't cops, but 'agents' of the Government.

Many of them have no police training or background.

[stigmundfreud]

funny thing is I knew one of the SOCA legal eagles, she did more coke than charlie did chocolate in that factory of his

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Crusoe said:

Was listening to the figures on the news, claimed they were being so successful catching the big shipments etc. that the purity of the street level drug was at an all time low. So by being successful they are making the drug use even more risky by making the dealers cut it with potentially more harmful unknown products. That doesn’t sound like much of a win to me.

Good.

If fkwit idiots are stupid enough to snort powder crap up their nose or take any sort of tablet that can have all manner of bulking st in it then more fool them.

I have seen pictures of cocaine in mid process being cut, with piles of it on a kitchen work top siting next to st covered discarded condoms, ummmmmmmm how moreish is that. Those that like a sniff enjoy that thought the next time your snorting.

No sympathy here I'm afraid. Sounds like a good win to me.

[Oakey]

Somewhatfoolish said:

Oakey said:

stigmundfreud said:

Oakey said:

off_again said:

I doubt that its on the decrease to be honest. More like people are saying that they doing it less, to make themselves seem less dependent on the drug. I cannot see that your average taker / dabbler / habitual user is going to use it less because of a recession. More like they will stop eating and drinking first....

I have one or two friends who were heavy users, spending over £400 a week on the stuff, doing it every day, etc. One has basically stopped doing it bar for the ocassional big event (Hatton fight for example), other only does it on the odd weekend now. Reason being is the majority of gear is crap, only a handful of people can get decent stuff and when they do it's £60 a gram.

Trust me people with that kind of usage are anything but friends

Please enlighten us

£400 a week on coke is an addict old chap.

I do enormous amounts of drugs, but would never do such amounts, and it's reasonable to assume that anyone doing such is going to steal your watch tomorrow. So be careful

I understand where you're coming from, but these two aren't about to steal my watch. They both earn adequatedly enough to fund their habits but as I said, their usage has certainly gone down over the last few months.

E's were rising in popularity again up until the other week when a girl died 'from taking just half a pill' and the police put out scare stories of a 'dodgy batch' circulating. Turned out she'd had a cocktail of drugs.

[sleep envy]

Oakey said:

E's were rising in popularity again up until the other week when a girl died 'from taking just half a pill' and the police put out scare stories of a 'dodgy batch' circulating. Turned out she'd had a cocktail of drugs.

TBH pills have been cut far more over the years than coke, you can go up and down on one in under 2 hours these days

that was unheard of 10-15 years ago, MDMA is the way forward