Recession will solve drug epidemic

earlyevening

What do you think?
I'd say now that all those young well paid punters who were buying all that cocaine will stop now that they're laid off/ less well off. That'll solve all this gun crime etc. Then its back to the good ole days of heroin addicts in sink estates and the less lucrative cannabis trade.

super_furry

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DarkJager

I think you're in the clouds if you believe that a recession will slow drug use.Serious drug addicts will get their fix anyway possible and the casual users will just chip in together for smoke & yayo. So no, it isn't going to make a jot of difference.

dr.bollocko

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It just expresses so perfectly what I could have said in words but now do not have to.

earlyevening

Serious drug addicts will carry on as normal. Its just these new occassional cocaine users that will have to scale back.
If retail sales and new cars, houses are all falling why not cocaine use. Its a luxury item for most users????


As I think about it, maybe the recession will sort out our traffic problems too. Less jobs=less cars. Every cloud...

Sharpshooter

dr.bollocko wrote: »

It just expresses so perfectly what I could have said in words but now do not have to.

You just expressed in words what l was going to say , now l don't have to.

Dudess

To be fair, the OP has a point about a decrease in spending affecting "sales" of something like cocaine. To say the recession "won't make a jot of a difference" is hardly accurate.

dr.bollocko

sharpshooterH wrote: »

You just expressed in words what l was going to say , now l don't have to.

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DarkJager

Dudess wrote: »

To be fair, the OP has a point about a decrease in spending affecting "sales" of something like cocaine. To say the recession "won't make a jot of a difference" is hardly accurate.

Well it won't really make any difference, the drug industry isn't tied into the national economy. I can't forsee any drug addicts running around shouting about how they "whacked another 3% onto the price of a bag of brown"

4zn76tysfajdxp

dr.bollocko wrote: »

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MoominPapa

Crystal meth is cheaper, lasts longer and makes you horny as ****. We can ride, literally, the recession out on a deadly buzz and once things turn around we can all go back on the coke or smack or whatever

Sharpshooter

dr.bollocko wrote: »

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l see what you did there..:D

Coraline Whispering Tourism wrote: »

She's a woman. Yeah.

/a lady, if you don't mind Coraline Whispering Tourism.

Even if l speak like a docker sometimes.:o

Mint Sauce

super_furry wrote: »

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brilliant

says it all

El_Dangeroso

Recession proof businesses include:

Drugs and alcohol
Gambling
Sex Industry

Oh and undertakers!

Dudess

DarkJager wrote: »

Well it won't really make any difference, the drug industry isn't tied into the national economy. I can't forsee any drug addicts running around shouting about how they "whacked another 3% onto the price of a bag of brown"

Oh I know, but there's a correlation between Ireland's increase in wealth and recreational cocaine use... if people are tightening their belts are they going to be as liberal with the coke purchasing of a Saturday night now?

El_Dangeroso

Cocaine will suffer, but weed and pills sales will skyrocket as people look for cheaper ways of having fun.

InkSlinger67

super_furry wrote: »

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This is Captain Jean Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise if I am not mistaken. Cool!

DarkJager

Dudess wrote: »

Oh I know, but there's a correlation between Ireland's increase in wealth and recreational cocaine use... if people are tightening their belts are they going to be as liberal with the coke purchasing of a Saturday night now?

Of course they are. The reason people take drugs in the first place is to either alter or escape the reality they live in. With a recession & all the doom and gloom around I'd be surprised if sales didn't come UP (much like the addicts). Unfortunately, there's no sales figures we can get for the drug trade so we'll never know for sure

On the other hand, I can see the head shops starting to get a lot more business, if the gardai will ever leave them alone.

PurpleBerry

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Yeah, okay, I'll stop taking drugs then...

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marcsignal

Dudess wrote: »

To be fair, the OP has a point about a decrease in spending affecting "sales" of something like cocaine. To say the recession "won't make a jot of a difference" is hardly accurate.

i agree, and if coke sales go down, imo that's a good thing for Irish society.

some people are only too quick to start knockin the bollix out each other because of being unable to handle their booze, and that considered, the arrival of coke was a disaster for the irish psyche.

I won't miss it, or the gobshites that use it

dr.bollocko

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Yeah, okay, I'll stop taking drugs then...

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That is a lot of pills you have there.

PurpleBerry

dr.bollocko wrote: »

That is a lot of pills you have there.

Yes, I'm stocking up before they go off the shelves in March '09

DarkJager

dr.bollocko wrote: »

That is a lot of pills you have there.

It looks like the makings of a ****in rapid buzz doesn't it??

Abraham

Recession will solve Drug Abuse ? Ged....oud....of...it.
Bring back Dinny Mullins. He held it in check 30 years ago almost singlehandedly as the State's Official Drugbuster or so they say.....maybe he could do it again if he's still around. He had a couple of sidekicks but can't remember their names.:cool:

PurpleBerry

I will be down again next Tuesday for a few hours. I will resume non-high speech then.

dr.bollocko

Neesa wrote: »

I will be down again next Tuesday for a few hours. I will resume non-high speech then.

Epic.

DarkJager

Neesa wrote: »

I will be down again next Tuesday for a few hours. I will resume non-high speech then.

Thats going to be a serious ride on the Skag bus....

Overheal

sharpshooterH wrote: »

You just expressed in words what l was going to say , now l don't have to.

...ditto.

dr.bollocko

I really want facepalm to be post of the day tomorrow.
That is the only way I can foresee that particular forbidden fruit tasting any the sweeter.

CiaranC

MoominPapa wrote: »

Crystal meth is cheaper, lasts longer and makes you horny as ****. We can ride, literally, the recession out on a deadly buzz and once things turn around we can all go back on the coke or smack or whatever

That, my friend, is pure genius.

PurpleBerry

Apologies for my ignorance but... what's a "slag"?