has crystal meth hit our streets?

yipeeeee

Crystal meth produced in Chinese laboratories has hit the streets of Dublin, it is feared.

Street dealers have been selling drugs that they claim is the highly-addictive substance at the centre of US TV series Breaking Bad in increasing quantities in recent weeks.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/20abag-crystal-meth-floods-onto-city-streets-30611136.html



Worrying if true, Ireland is a prime canditate for thia stuff, hopefully the govt get out an early message although I wouldn't hold my breathe.

The Peanut

Can't be worse than the scourge of Crystal Swing surely?

racso1975

Turtyturd

I'd love to read a meth story that didn't mention Breaking Bad. I wonder if dealers use that as their selling point.

It's also been going around a lot longer than 6 weeks.

kneemos

Dog Shoite mostly round here.

Uriel.

Old news. it's hit our streets alright. I've been hitting it for the last 3 months nonstop: the scaremongering is a joke, cm is nowhere near as addictive as made out.

bnt

There are various "Faces of Meth" sites such as this one, intended to show the effects that Meth has on a person's life. I'm pretty sure I've already seen some of these people on Dublin's O'Connell St., this week.

If people haven't got the message about Meth by now, I have no sympathy whatsoever.

Penny Tration

Brb, buying a camper van. Gonna make me some serious moolah

anncoates

With any luck, hopefully.

Dozen Wicked Words

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

Vertigo100

So according to the link it's not crystal meth but mdpv and pvp which can both be bought easily online.

Why keep referring to crystal meth and the ways it can be taken when it's not crystal meth being sold?

Great article.

kneemos

The only Meth addicts I've seen were a brother and sister on "Cops"who were apparently having sex.

chocksaway

green_screen wrote: »

Brb, buying a camper van. Gonna make me some serious moolah

Fat stacks yo!

old_aussie

It's not from China, it's from Nth Korea.

The "good old boy" Kim-Jong-un make his living off it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2613747/Brea-KIM-bad-Crystal-Meth-North-Korea-floods-drug-markets.html

old_aussie

yipeeeee wrote: »

Irish Independent

I can't add the link because I'm a new user.

Yeah, crystal meth will do that to you

conorhal

They're a bit late to the party.

It hit the streets about five years ago, largely thanks the Nigerian criminal gangs.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/african-gangs-use-front-businesses-to-sell-meth-29278015.html

Intifada

conorhal wrote: »

They're a bit late to the party.

It hit the streets about five years ago, largely thanks the Nigerian criminal gangs.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/african-gangs-use-front-businesses-to-sell-meth-29278015.html

But 5 years ago most people didn't know about Breaking Bad so couldnt make hilarious & original references to it

FactCheck

bnt wrote: »

There are various "Faces of Meth" sites such as this one, intended to show the effects that Meth has on a person's life. I'm pretty sure I've already seen some of these people on Dublin's O'Connell St., this week.

If people haven't got the message about Meth by now, I have no sympathy whatsoever.

To be fair the O'Connell St zombies probably aren't avid Netflix fans.

c_man

Fancy Dubs and their city full of crystal meth. Meanwhile here's me struggling to secure a bag'o'weed

Mr. CooL ICE

FactCheck wrote: »

To be fair the O'Connell St zombies probably aren't avid Netflix fans.

They strike me more as the torrent types

FactCheck

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

They strike me more as the torrent types

They probably haven't even finished The Sopranos yet.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Wait now lads, is it the Chinese, Nigerians or the North Koreans that are bringing it in?

I've got some tasty racial slurs teed up for all of them, just give me the green light on which group to aim for and we're good to go.

KungPao

Intifada wrote: »

But 5 years ago most people didn't know about Breaking Bad so couldnt make hilarious & original references to it

If that’s true...then maybe your best course...would be to tread lightly

endacl

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

They came unstuck.

KungPao

"Crystal", "Meth", "Crystal Meth"...such boring names.

We should go back to what it was called back in the old days when the Luftwaffe had it for breakfast before a mission - "Nazi Crank".

What a great name.

greedygoblin

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

Their supply dried up.

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

When it hits the streets of Bray that woman won't have to get the Dart into town every day.

bodice ripper

Why does the headline say Crystal Meth when the article explicitly states that the drugs are MDPV?

Its almost as if "drug that was legal until relatively recently continues to be available on the street" wouldn't sell papers...

kjl

https://i.imgur.com/x1cVT1R.jpg

catallus

^^^^

That's excellent.

On a serious note, is it not a given that such drugs will come here given the insane level of glorification of such things on our tv and cinema screens to impressionable young people?

bodice ripper

catallus wrote: »

^^^^

That's excellent.

On a serious note, is it not a given that such drugs will come here given the insane level of glorification of such things on our tv and cinema screens to impressionable young people?

it was already available in ireland, just not terribly common. i have seen it.

Herb Powell

Why the fck would it be coming from China? There's plenty labs in the Czech Republic.

DaveDaRave

So people are selling MDPV as crystal meth.

Therefore crystal meth has not hit our shores ?
MDPV was a previously legal high along with mephedrone etc. It can be bought by the KG from chinese suppliers pretty cheap, but its not methamphetmine, which is actually pretty expensive.

This is the 2nd news report i heard about "crystal meth" that actually ended up being another drug, in that case it was mephedrone.

Corkgirl210

yes it has I would say....

According to National Family Support Network who have said:

Many family members in Dublin expressing concern about the rise in crystal meth use which is highlighted in the article below (independent.ie article). If you are dealing with issues of substance abuse in your family please contact your local Family Support Network for help.

They deal with the aftermath so I would trust their own contacts/reports more so than the media...

catallus

I really can't understand how all this stuff is still been taken by drug-users.

Surely the word on the street must have got out there by now that this stuff gives you an upset tummy?

nelly17

Oh well I'm sure natural selection will sort things out

Kimbot

Bring back whippets I say!! :P

DaveDaRave

nelly17 wrote: »

Oh well I'm sure natural selection will sort things out

crystal meth doesnt really have the same dangers as heroin. its quite different, fatalities would be way lower.

folan

i wasnt going to take meth, but then i saw it on breaking bad.

now i live in a toilet

razorblunt

It's threads like these that make me re-evaluate my life and be glad and thanful for what I've got ... a bunch of just extinguished matches ... love that smell!

893bet

For the last 10-15 years there is scaremongering in the media that crystal meth is taking over from heroin etc and it will be the end of us all. Then they post the same old tired photos of a before meth/after meth.

Lazy journalism.

20 quid for 4 hits? Yeah I doubt that's meth. :P

DaveDaRave

A lot of people find A-pvp and mdpv more addictive than meth funny enough.

somesoldiers

I want some of that good stuff yer man had in Limitless, when is that due to hit the streets?

ScumLord

I'd say it's just some shrewd marketing from dealers, after Breaking bad they were probably selling everything as meth.

Junkie: Are you sure this is meth?
Dealer: Fo sure yo.
Junkie: It looks an awful lot like a box full of blue smarties.
Dealer: That's what meth looks like yo.

Akrasia

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

Have you not seen the price of Pritt stick recently?

Nah, heroin's a much better bargain

Akrasia

greedygoblin wrote: »

Their supply dried up.

I heard that glue sniffing turns you into a hardened criminal

Philo Beddoe

Who cares? It's not as if there aren't already harmful, addictive drugs available on our streets.

creolebelle

You do not want to live in a meth infested area. Certain parts of my city look like a thriller music video. It's frightening. And the crime a lot of meth addicts commit to support their habit

maticm18

hope not

ScumLord

creolebelle wrote: »

You do not want to live in a meth infested area. Certain parts of my city look like a thriller music video.

That's sounds very entertaining, I guess you'd get a bit sick of hearing thriller every night but at least they put on a show.