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Bridgeburner
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Drug users 'seeking help younger'
#7403840 - 09/13/07 05:43 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/national/tm_headline=drug-users-seeking-help-younger%26method=full%26objectid=19782674%26siteid=106484-name_page.html
Growing numbers of children and young adults are seeking help for cocaine addiction, a report by a leading drugs charity said.
DrugScope's annual poll of drug workers across the UK also revealed that dealers have begun offering "luxury" and "economy" cocaine, putting the drug within reach of younger people such as students and others on low incomes.
The economy version, at about £30 a gram, is more heavily adulterated with additives while the higher quality grade, at £50 a gram, is offered to more affluent customers.
Anecdotal evidence from the survey of 80 drug services in 20 towns and cities showed younger and younger people are asking for help with a cocaine problem.
A DrugScope spokeswoman said: "One of the things that came up over and over again was that the age of cocaine use amongst clients was going down. We are not claiming that there has been a massive increase in cocaine use, but we are worried that there appear to be some young people abusing cocaine alongside other substances such as cannabis, Ecstasy and alcohol."
A worker at a Manchester drugs charity told the survey: "We are seeing the age of first use and of problem use dropping. The proliferation of cocaine is going mental. We are seeing many young people start using at 15 and getting into problems when they are 18."
The 2007 Street Drug Trends poll claimed that cocaine use was no longer restricted to the rich, but at the same time the drug has not completely lost the "glamorous" associations of the past.
The spokeswoman said: "Many users appear unconcerned by the drug's class A status and do not associate the drug with its serious health risks that include heart problems, mental ill health and the potential for dependency."
The survey, published in DrugScope's magazine Druglink, said there was also a two-tier market for other illegal substances.
DrugScope chief executive Martin Barnes said: "We are concerned that we may be entering a new era of 'problem drug use' relating less to heroin and crack and more to the misuse of alcohol, cocaine, cannabis and Ecstasy. The longer term public health impacts of such a shift should not be underestimated."
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jeetered
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Re: Drug users 'seeking help younger' [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7403960 - 09/13/07 07:26 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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so, let me get this right, if one could buy shitty coke at L30, why not just chuck up the extra 20 for some premo?
or is that age thing, "Well, this shitty coke is ok for you coz your 15, you've gotta be 18 to get the good coke..."
isn't a user a user no matter the age?
SHit, I'd be pissed when i was 15 if i got some bunk shit, i'd rage the phucker who sold it to me. Then i'd stomp him and take everything he had..
glad i grew up..
moral to the story...
"drugs are bad mmmkay"
at least the shit like cocaine n meth..
only two i don't really agree with..
Edited by jeetered (09/13/07 07:27 AM)
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Re: Drug users 'seeking help younger' [Re: jeetered]
#7404400 - 09/13/07 12:49 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I remember when it was £20 a gram. Ripoff then and ripoff still!
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Flugon_Nine
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Coke is fun, but way too damn expensive. At least mushrooms are worth the price.
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Re: Drug users 'seeking help younger' [Re: Flugon_Nine]
#7406770 - 09/13/07 10:26 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
The spokeswoman said: "Many users appear unconcerned by the drug's class A status and do not associate the drug with its serious health risks that include heart problems, mental ill health and the potential for dependency."
What? Classifying drugs isn't deterring people from doing specific ones? Just like the death penalty and every other crime that doesn't deter people because of potential sentence. Man who would of thought that. Don't sound shocked or anything you cunt.
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