Illicit Drugs - Awareness

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:18PM #1

Have you ever bought illegal substances for consumption?

Have you ever sold or supplied illegal substances to others?

If you have ever taken/bought/sold illicit drugs were you fully aware of the content of said drugs?

*NB please to not reply to these questions, merely ponderous questions. Don't want you to incriminate yourself!

The real reason I ask these questions is sometimes dealers/suppliers lace drugs with other drugs. You think "oh yeah, €20 bag of weed, lets get stoned!"--Harmless right! But in reality, it can be laced with all sorts of nasty stuff..

I've even heard of heroine being put into cannabis.. This stuff ruins lives!

In light of this should it not be time to legalese the growing of cannabis (gateway drug) or open legit cafés/shops?

http://www.talktofrank.com -- Drug info site.

Sorry for the rant but with all the media coverage over the last 5 years of same sex marriage / abortion etc.. shouldn't we be doing something about our drug culture??

eamonnq · 13-05-2016 03:20PM

If you call that a rant, you must be smoking plenty of it.

LightsStillOn · 13-05-2016 03:21PM

If a dealer is lacing weed with other "nasty" things he won't have much of a customer base. Stupid scare tactic that is spewed out.

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:22PM

eamonnq wrote: »

If you call that a rant, you must be smoking plenty of it.

Well what would you call it ??

ScumLord · 13-05-2016 03:22PM

This is usually a myth. People will buy crap cannabis as easily as they'll buy good cannabis. So why would a drug dealer spend money adding in other drugs? It's a pointless waste of money that gains them nothing.

What does happen is dealer's mix inert substances through drugs like cocaine because it's easy, it bulks up what they have and increases profit for very little cost. That's why drug dealers add other substances to drugs, to increase profit. What your suggesting would just make a more expensive drug that would have to be sold at the same price. Less profit.

Whatsisname · 13-05-2016 03:23PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Have you ever bought illegal substances for consumption?

Have you ever sold or supplied illegal substances to others?

If you have ever taken/bought/sold illicit drugs were you fully aware of the content of said drugs?

*NB please to not reply to these questions, merely ponderous questions.

The real reason I ask these questions is sometimes dealers/suppliers lace drugs with other drugs. You think "oh yeah, €20 bag of weed, lets get stoned!"--Harmless right! But in reality, it can be laced with all sorts of nasty stuff..

I've even heard of heroine being put into cannabis.. This stuff ruins lives!

In light of this should it not be time to legalese the growing of cannabis (gateway drug) or open legit cafés/shops?

http://www.talktofrank.com -- Drug info site.

Sorry for the rant but with all the media coverage over the last 5 years of same sex marriage / abortion etc.. shouldn't we be doing something about our drug culture??

Makes no sense to lace weed with anything when whatever you could potentially lace it with is more expensive than the weed itself.

But yes, lack of drug education in Ireland is shocking (really showed when the media hadn't a clue what to report after the 25i-NBOMe incident in Cork). I don't think you're ever going to stop people from taking MDMA, ket, coke etc, but you can make it safer. Test kits should be wildly available and encouraged to use.

Speedwell · 13-05-2016 03:23PM

When I lived in the US, I had a close friend who helped run a LEGAL medical marijuana shop out in San Francisco. She supplied clean, decent, pure product. Personally, pot does nothing for me, so I don't partake, but if I did, I would prefer to buy from her shop or one with the same high standards.

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:23PM

LightsStillOn wrote: »

If a dealer is lacing weed with other "nasty" things he won't have much of a customer base. Stupid scare tactic that is spewed out.

Ok you just wait till your stuck one day and you buy from an untrusted source..

It's comments like yours who put everything back into the dark, uncanny username I might add!

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:24PM

ScumLord wrote: »

This is usually a myth. People will buy crap cannabis as easily as they'll buy good cannabis. So why would a drug dealer spend money adding in other drugs? It's a pointless waste of money that gains them nothing.

What does happen is dealer's mix inert substances through drugs like cocaine because it's easy, it bulks up what they have and increases profit for very little cost. That's why drug dealers add other substances to drugs, to increase profit. What your suggesting would just make a more expensive drug that would have to be sold at the same price. Less profit.

Why ?? Cannabis does not have the same addiction as other drugs such as opiates!

LightsStillOn · 13-05-2016 03:25PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Ok you just wait till your stuck one day and you buy from an untrusted source..

It's comments like yours who put everything back into the dark, uncanny username I might add!

I don't smoke so won't be getting stuck anytime soon!

eamonnq · 13-05-2016 03:25PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Well what would you call it ??

merely ponderous questions

Alf Stewart. · 13-05-2016 03:29PM

I remember back in sixth forum, me chemistry teacher asked us to write an essay on LSD.

Wasn't doin too bad at it either, until me pen turned into a gorilla and starterd trying to chew on me head.

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:29PM

I might add I personally don't use drugs myself.. but I've seen the side affects throughout our cities nationwide. I'd like to add I'm pro abortion -- or rather pro choice -- I think as a society we should have a choice about everything. I think abortion is very sad that a mother of an unborn child would have to make that choice but to deny her that opportunity is enslavement!

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:30PM

LightsStillOn wrote: »

I don't smoke so won't be getting stuck anytime soon!

So why did you make you're original statement??

Its this ignorance I'm talking about!

DrumSteve · 13-05-2016 03:30PM

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

I remember back in sixth forum, me chemistry teacher asked us to write an essay on LSD.

Wasn't doin too bad at it either, until me pen turned into a gorilla and starterd trying to chew on me head.

An entire essay on LSD?

That'd must have been some size LSD tab.

beach_walker · 13-05-2016 03:31PM

Ah c'mon OP, this is the same sorta guff that we (at least I) was fed in school. We were told that weed was addictive (debatable to an extent but certainly not the instant dependence we were told would befall us), nobody has ever ever offered me a free bag of weed as a taster (chance'd be a fine thing). Once you get a bit older and figure out this stuff is balls, you start to question other "truths" about drugs and I do think this actually leads to more experimentation.

Nobody's gonna lace weed with heroin, why would they?

Why are the results hidden??

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:34PM

beach_walker wrote: »

Ah c'mon OP, this is the same sorta guff that we (at least I) was fed in school. We were told that weed was addictive (debatable to an extent but certainly not the instant dependence we were told would befall us), nobody has ever ever offered me a free bag of weed as a taster (chance'd be a fine thing). Once you get a bit older and figure out this stuff is balls, you start to question other "truths" about drugs and I do think this actually leads to more experimentation.

Nobody's gonna lace weed with heroin, why would they?

Why are the results hidden??

Peer-pressure to try out smoking "joints"..

You wouldn't lace "weed" with Heroine but maybe crack cocaine or meth..

Hashish bars can contain Heroine!

The results are hidden coz I chose so!

The Bishop Basher · 13-05-2016 03:37PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Hashish bars can contain Heroine!

Where do you get this stuff :eek:

Would you include alcohol as part of our drug problem ?

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:38PM

Swanner wrote: »

Where do you get this stuff :eek:

Would you include alcohol as part of our drug problem ?

Excessive alcohol consumption is a problem yes but its not a crime!
It doesn't relate here.

MarcoAntonio23 · 13-05-2016 03:39PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Peer-pressure to try out smoking "joints"..

You wouldn't lace "weed" with Heroine but maybe crack cocaine or meth..

Hashish bars can contain Heroine!

The results are hidden coz I chose so!

Hashish bars (low quality soap) are more likely to contain beeswax, turpentine, milk powder, ketamine, boot polish, henna, pine resin, aspirin, animal turds, ground coffee, barbiturates, glues & dyes plus carcinogenic solvents such as Toluene & Benzene, but heroin I doubt.

LightsStillOn · 13-05-2016 03:39PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

So why did you make you're original statement??

Its this ignorance I'm talking about!

Because I have done in the past when I was younger, and know quite a few people who still do today. Nothing ignorant about my original comment at all. If anything the only ignorance in this thread is coming from the opening posts where you're going on about heroin being mixed in with weed.

Sofiztikated · 13-05-2016 03:40PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Peer-pressure to try out smoking "joints"..

You wouldn't lace "weed" with Heroine but maybe crack cocaine or meth..

Hashish bars can contain Heroine!

The results are hidden coz I chose so!

Christ. :rolleyes:

Lux23 · 13-05-2016 03:43PM

Heroin is expensive, why would you give it away free by putting it into a bag of weed?

ScumLord · 13-05-2016 03:44PM

Whatsisname wrote: »

Makes no sense to lace weed with anything when whatever you could potentially lace it with is more expensive than the weed itself.

When you consider that ancient peoples who took drugs thought they were literally traveling to other worlds and places like the land of the dead there's probably nothing that will convince people not to take drugs if they want to. We just place too much value on the experience to be scared away from it.

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Why ?? Cannabis does not have the same addiction as other drugs such as opiates!

No, it doesn't. It doesn't need to either. The real problem with cannabis is there are no serious side effects or hangovers. A person could smoke weed every day and not suffer any physical hangover as you'd get with the likes of alcohol or ecstasy. So it's very easy to get dependant on it. It's a different kind of addiction which is a little insidious. It's also enjoyable and people like enjoyable things.

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:46PM

LightsStillOn wrote: »

Because I have done in the past when I was younger, and know quite a few people who still do today. Nothing ignorant about my original comment at all. If anything the only ignorance in this thread is coming from the opening posts where you're going on about heroin being mixed in with weed.

I'm not talking about the green stuff being mixed with heroine, but it has been known to be mixed with stuff, PCP A.K.A angel dust amongst others.

My whole point of posting was street drugs are NOT safe unless you grow your own..

I don't partake in any substance abuse, but don't want others falling into this trap either! Hence I feel we need a real debate on the issue at Government level!

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:48PM

Lux23 wrote: »

Heroin is expensive, why would you give it away free by putting it into a bag of weed?

Mix heroine into a block of hashish you'll have a customer who can't quit smoking cannabis. Further info is Heroine is not that expensive at point of origin, or where the Hash is processed.

daRobot · 13-05-2016 03:49PM

This is one of the worst threads I've ever read.

OP, you have absolutely no clue what you're on about and I'd suspect others don't either.

Kimbot · 13-05-2016 03:50PM

LightsStillOn wrote: »

If a dealer is lacing weed with other "nasty" things he won't have much of a customer base. Stupid scare tactic that is spewed out.

Actually it does happen, I lost a friend to something like this happening a few years back. My friend smoked "gear" and when he told me I spent months helping him get off the stuff.... He was 6 months clean (from gear, he smoked hash/weed but only the odd time). He went out to celebrate getting his life back on track when he was handed a bag of "weed", he had a smoke and fell asleep never to wake up again as his heart literally exploded because it was contaminated with heroin, a dealer wanted him back on the stuff so they pulled this stunt.

Fibreglass used to be put in weed years ago to pad it out weigh wise.
Plastic has often been found inside lumps of hash, again added to add more wieght so they make more money.

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:50PM

ScumLord wrote: »

When you consider that ancient peoples who took drugs thought they were literally traveling to other worlds and places like the land of the dead there's probably nothing that will convince people not to take drugs if they want to. We just place too much value on the experience to be scared away from it.

No, it doesn't. It doesn't need to either. The real problem with cannabis is there are no serious side effects or hangovers. A person could smoke weed every day and not suffer any physical hangover as you'd get with the likes of alcohol or ecstasy. So it's very easy to get dependant on it. It's a different kind of addiction which is a little insidious. It's also enjoyable and people like enjoyable things.

I'm not trying condone drug taking either by the way, each to their own but I think if you get "more than you bargained for" then there is a problem.

KenjiOdo · 13-05-2016 03:51PM

daRobot wrote: »

This is one of the worst threads I've ever read.

OP, you have absolutely no clue what you're on about and I'd suspect others don't either.

Ok you win! Great argument!

The Bishop Basher · 13-05-2016 03:53PM

KenjiOdo wrote: »

Excessive alcohol consumption is a problem yes but its not a crime!

Not strictly true.

But anyway, back to this hashish laced with heroin :rolleyes:

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