Cocaine

Orange69 wrote:

Ya and i would say that the "estimated street value" is exaggerated out of all proportion by the guards...

Apparently cocaine is big in Ireland now.. has anyone experienced this?

Massive, although despite the news articles where the journo seemingly gets a massive horn about talking about 17 year old girls in coked up orgies in Foxrock, from my experience its far bigger in working class areas. Most well heeled UCD types I know (girls at least) either wouldnt touch the stuff or have never tried it more than once out of curiousity. In my view from parties Ive been at over the last while its declining in popularity in Dublin (presumably everyone realised its sh1te), and E`s are making somewhat of a comeback in both popularity and availabillity, but down the country, where even as late as last year it was something with a very intermittent supply, coke is all over the place. Wouldnt be surprised if more of your average northside large scale distributors profits come from the north facing counties like Louth and Cavan rather than local dealers.

As said the street value thing isnt how much the lads would have made. 1.5 tonnes equals 1500 kilos (cheers Google, I bet you even know the secret of life and where the Holy Grail is hidden ). 1 kilo, broke into 1000 60 euro 1 gram deals, is therefore regarded as a kilo being worth 60,000 euro. And that doesnt take into account cutting it, and most in Ireland is cut to pieces. A kilo can be bought for 2000 in Colombia, so its possible there is no more than a 3 million investment here. Alot to lose, but if the same guys have managed to pull this off before its not a huge loss.

http://www.unodc.org/pdf/research/wdr07/WDR_2007_3.5.1_annual_prevalence.pdf

Why are these surveys always so far off the mark? Every drug bar Cannabis in Ireland is 2.5% of below. More than 2.5% are off their tits on a Tuesday sitting at home, never mind the weekend. And the East European figures, nearly all zero point something for speed and ecstasy? ffs Poland has the lowest on the list for e use Presumably its because the government deported the thousands of the raver minority to Ireland

Mossy Monk wrote:

They should use your accurate survey results.

Common sense would say its more accurate.

You think only one in 20 people in the mentioned age group has smoked hash in Ireland in the past year? From skangers to students I would be hard pressed to think of more than a handful of people under their mid 30s who wouldnt have the odd toke.

StephenC_IRL wrote:

those guys who almost drowned will wish they did or want to be sent to prison, whoevers drugs they were, those lads are going to be shot no matter what they do

Your not the first person to have said this but I don't believe people are killed for this kind of thing. They messed up and they will go to prison. If they don't talk why would the leaders kill them.

People only get killed from internal feuds, turf wars and if they disrespect the gang or damage the business intentionally unless the gang is being run by complete wackos. A good gang will be business orientated so decisions should be taken from a business POV. Killing these guys would be illogical...imagine the media coverage!!!

Degsy wrote:

Very cool.Stick a load of adulterated non-narcotic rubbish up your nostrils and watch a talentless twat in a hat slur his way through a few crappy songs in a field full of mud.I wish i were that cool truly i do.

It's a good idea never to form a stong opinion on something you've never tried obviously. What do you mean by non-narcotic though?

Degsy wrote:

Very cool.Stick a load of adulterated non-narcotic rubbish up your nostrils and watch a talentless twat in a hat slur his way through a few crappy songs in a field full of mud.I wish i were that cool truly i do.

The bitterness is strong in you. Heading down to the garden centre with the missus are you?