Cocaine Destroying Rural Ireland

You said you've never taken it, so how do know it's sh it? Have you ever wondered why it's roughly worth its weight in gold?

Ireland ranks 2nd in Europe for highest cocaine usage between ages of 15 - 34.

Depending on your social circle (and age) you will more than know too well about this. I’m a middle class man in my mid thirties with a successful career and a family living in a nice part of south county dublin.

It’s easier for me to think of people don’t do it than do.

What can we do about this in Ireland? The trend in 15-34 does not paint a bright future for our country.

Lots of well off people in SoCoDu imbibe too OP. You can do coke from time to time and live a normal life. Most people get sick of the hangovers and try to steer clear of it eventually.

Obviously i'm not a fan of dealers but lets not forget the drug dealer who is calling looking for the money is the one with the much higher risk of getting shot or killed because little jimmy & his mates can't pay him back , he then can''t pay off his boss who is usually more ruthless than him ,

The lad on the street ,pubs & clubs taking the drugs are not free from blame , they are not victims ,

You are not dealing like for like though T. It's never going to be legalised. The base cartels in South America will only deal in the US dollar. The illegal trade at the very least estimate at their end is worth $40 Billion per annum, it's definitely higher. If you think that the American establishment is going to give up that yearly business done with their currency and then allow it to be handed it over to some pharma corporation who pays all its tax in some other country, you're dreaming.

The people who use coke care as much about the disappeared in Mexico as supporters of the War of the Drugs, very little. If prohibitionists cared so much about those Mexican victims, then they should support a change of law instead of judging users on their so-called lack of morality.

Wondered who would be the first to be butt hurt. It's very funny that many users go out of their way to buy "ethical" and "sustainable" products but have a blind spot when it comes to their party powder.

Wasting taxpayers money is nothing new to the American establishment. How much taxpayers money did they waste in Iraq and Afghanistan? Thing is though, the establishment wouldnt look at the billions spent on war on drugs/defence/ invasions as a waste, that money is sent into the MIC, and all the various corporations that produce the weapons/arms. The same corporations who donate the billions back to the Democrats/Republicans come electioneering. Its not a waste. Its a scam.

ah maybe dont take coke then? jesus its not that hard, have people any willpower or cop on at all? I have been offered coke loads of times but I always refuse the $hit.

100% agree. its all about following the herd, sad really. Farmers have no business taking coke ffs, its ridiculous.

As someone who battled an oftentimes near fatal cocaine addiction for 13yrs, I can assure you that there is a huge difference between the indigenous chewing of coca leaf and cocaine consumption. The difference would nearly be as vast as someone who puts a dollop of white wine into a pasta to someone who lives on the street that panhandles to buy a can of cider when they wake up.

It's no way a misconception that cocaine can have a negative impact on lifestyle, rural or urban. I have worked with the rehabilitation of cocaine addicts for almost a decade, and I can assure you...smarties are not worse for your health.

I have never heard of anyone robbing their own families, selling their bodies to strangers, having regular psychosis or hospitalisations as a result of chewing coca leaf or eating smarties. If you spend an hour in any of the many Cocaine Anonymous meetings that are springing up around Ireland, your delusions would be quickly dispelled by the horror stories.