has crystal meth hit our streets?

yipeeeee · 25-09-2014 08:01AM #1

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 · 25-09-2014 08:06AM

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

racso1975 · 25-09-2014 08:08AM

Turtyturd · 25-09-2014 08:09AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:12AM

Dog Shoite mostly round here.

Uriel. · 25-09-2014 08:12AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:13AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:18AM

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

anncoates · 25-09-2014 08:19AM

With any luck, hopefully.

Dozen Wicked Words · 25-09-2014 08:20AM

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

Vertigo100 · 25-09-2014 08:21AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:25AM

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

chocksaway · 25-09-2014 08:28AM

green_screen wrote: »

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

Fat stacks yo!

old_aussie · 25-09-2014 08:37AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:39AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:41AM

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 · 25-09-2014 08:43AM

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 · 25-09-2014 09:39AM

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 · 25-09-2014 09:44AM

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

Mr. CooL ICE · 25-09-2014 09:45AM

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 · 25-09-2014 09:46AM

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

They strike me more as the torrent types

They probably haven't even finished The Sopranos yet.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 25-09-2014 09:46AM

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 · 25-09-2014 09:48AM

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 · 25-09-2014 09:50AM

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

They came unstuck.

KungPao · 25-09-2014 09:52AM

"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 · 25-09-2014 10:04AM

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Whatever happened to good old glue sniffers.

Their supply dried up.

Jimminy Mc Fukhead · 25-09-2014 10:50AM

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

bodice ripper · 25-09-2014 11:21AM

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 · 25-09-2014 11:22AM

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

catallus · 25-09-2014 11:25AM

^^^^

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 · 25-09-2014 11:27AM

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.

has crystal meth hit our streets?

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