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Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom
#7563187 - 10/26/07 12:36 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/dailynews/2007/10/26/cheap-cocaine-sparks-young-user-boom-89520-20011481/
Record numbers of youngsters are snorting cocaine thanks to dealers who flood the streets with cut-price versions of the drug, shock figures show.
One in 16 of all 18 to 24-years olds took the drug in the last year as opposed to just one in 100 a decade ago, Home Office statistics revealed yesterday.
Experts blame the boom on pushers who have introduced a diluted down "economy" cocaine that is more affordable than the purer and expensive stuff favoured by celebrities and high-flyers.
The cheap deals on offer could also be behind a drop in cannabis. Just 20 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds now smoke it. DrugScope charity chief executive Martin Barnes said last night: "The picture is not encouraging when it comes to cocaine.
"Prices have fallen and in some parts of the country, cocaine dealers are offering a heavily cut 'economy' version of the drug at £30 a gram as well as a less adulterated 'luxury' version for £50 a gram. It is a drug which has severe health risks. But given legitimate health concerns about cannabis, the continuing fall in its use, especially among young people, is encouraging."
Home Office minister Vernon Coaker vowed to step up the war on drugs. He said: "There is still a lot of work to do in tackling drug misuse, especially cocaine.
"Along with education and treatment, enforcement has its role to play.
"Class A drug seizures have increased by almost a third. In 2005 enforcement agencies stopped 3.8 tons of cocaine, two tons of heroin, close to three million doses of ecstasy and over a million doses of LSD from harming people."
Overall drug use fell amongst both adults as a whole and 16-to-24 years old.
161,100 ...the number of drug seizures in England and Wales in 2005, up 50 per cent on previous year. 38,600 were for Class A.
70 tonnes of cannabis was confiscated, plus 208,000 plants.
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Re: Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom [Re: Bridgeburner]
#7563361 - 10/26/07 01:20 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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cheap cocaine? I want some.
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Re: Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom [Re: snoot]
#7563411 - 10/26/07 01:37 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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you can have it all.
cheap cut up coke is worthless...
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Re: Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom [Re: usefulidiot13]
#7565287 - 10/26/07 11:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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they're wrong about pot use going down too. Pot is more popular now than ever. The percentage has only gone down because of the population growing at such a fast rate. Even so they never survey everyone anyways so there are countless reasons their figures are wrong.
Edited by THEBats (10/26/07 11:58 PM)
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Re: Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom [Re: THEBats]
#7565416 - 10/27/07 12:43 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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You poor Brits are stuck paying some shitty prices. I feel sorry for any of you who like to indulge in the white stuff on occaision.
It's sad when I can still get an eightball of good, pure blow for less than you guy are paying for a gram of the good stuff.
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Re: Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom [Re: Skeeblix]
#7566129 - 10/27/07 09:12 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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You bastard!!!
Yeah I don't buy it here cuz its such a piss take!!!
Its a true article tho. Theres kids doin coke everywhere round here. There used to be just a few smackheads - but now theres crackheads everywhere.
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Re: Cheap cocaine sparks young user boom [Re: snoot]
#7574244 - 10/29/07 07:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I was recently put on Nexium for ulcers.
They cost 4 times what I paid for the coke that caused the ulcers to begin with...
Go figure....
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