I’m a recreational drug user AMA

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As the title says

Sorry OP I think you’re being very naive here - they would absolutely sell you a bad batch if someone somewhere decided to cut corners a little more than they currently do.
just because you’re a regular doesn’t mean they give a fuck about you or your health. Demand is higher than supply! There’s always another regular around the corner….

It's a fair challenge. The answer is yes. If this was "I buy from Shein AMA", and the same question and answer came up, I would have exactly the same opinion.

You say you're aware of the damage illegal drugs do to the communities where they're produced, and you accept that you're dealing with organised crime which destroys communities in the UK.

Why does this just not matter to you? How can you read about atrocities committed by Mexican drug cartels and just shrug?, or county lines drug gangs hooking teenagers on as mules?

How much human suffering is acceptable for your habit?

So why do you do it?
The human cost is horrific.

I don't think the Op is coming back

I’m not a police officer but you’ve put into words exactly how I feel.

The op knows they’re contributing to all of this but simply doesn’t care.

The county lines in our city have caused so much heart ache and grief. Children used as couriers, revenge killings, fear and hatred. It's so destructive. Just for a bit of a high?

My friends sister was 50 when she died of stage 4 bowel cancer. It was caused by her coke use.
She started as a weed smoker and when she died she looked like a skeleton with a few teeth left. Coke literally burns your insides.
Fwiw I was a alcoholic and although I never took narcotics the same issues and excuses are used by all addicts. We're habitual liars.
If you do have children you're damaging their childhoods. Trust me, I know. Give it up it's not clever.

They see all buyers as potential (in fact, almost definite) regulars because....addiction.

Probably because the comments are not going as OP had imagined 😅

That isn’t the definition of an alcoholic

How does it make you feel when you do it? What’s the comedown like?

For those saying that dealers don’t/won’t sell less than a gram (£50) they absolutely do and I’ve known people get £15/20 ones and “3 for £50l” as the dealers are such kind souls they like to give little discounts to their regulars.

i know this because my NDN is a full blown Coke head, we became friends years ago when we both moved in within a year of eachother. I had no clue about Coke so didnt know that she was taking it until we had a night out with a group of us and I realised what was going on. She has 2 teenagers and Coke is her number one priority.

Op pls believe me when I say that your neighbours will absolutely know what you’re up to as it’s so bloody obvious.’ Can you imagine being mid 40’s and acting like this? She started off having it while drinking like you and now needs it just to function and has it before work off morning. Lastly, Coke is laced with all kinds to make it stretch further and every year there is a bad batch somewhere that kills multiple people.

if you say you can stop anytime then why dont
you?!

This ⬆️

Do you want a medal?

Yes they can buy at those low prices but what they are getting won’t be coke. It will be so laced with filler and god knows what that it will be almost exclusively other stuff, that’s my point.

So why do you do it?

I don’t know why any of you are even interacting with her tbh. God forbid her child dies from an overdose of drugs laced with something that might kill them. OP 👏 well done you are someone to look up to I feel sorry for you and saying you are not an addict ?? Well bloody well stop but you can’t can you ? You need that high ! Be proud of yourself

"if you say you can stop anytime then why dont
you?!"

I presume she doesn't want to.

I could stop drinking, but I don't want to.
Same with eating cheese.

(I'm not saying that alcohol and cheese are the same for society as coke, but I'm pointing out that being able to stop taking something is not the same as wanting to stop taking something).

Another AMA thread ruined by people's judgement. Obviously OP isn't coming back now after a pile on. I'm very anti drugs, but I find the holier than thou piling on spoils threads like this and shuts down conversation.

Why do you use it?

Op, do you know any people who take illegal drugs to help control chronic pain?

i’m disabled and in chronic pain and the nhs has just introduced guidelines that NSAIDs are not meant to be prescribed for stomach bleed reasons.

i have a friend who takes medical cannabis and she says it really helps. Do you have any experience in this area?

I don’t really want to take illegal drugs as I’m on a lot of prescription medication for various things (multiple disabilities and in a wheelchair) but I’m genuinely worried about how much pain I’ll be in this winter with much reduced access to painkillers.

Aren’t you embarrassed? You’re a walking cliche.

And Yes but it doesn’t really work like that. It’s unlikely they are going to sell something dodgy to a regular 😂 If you’re not embarrassed about this, then I’m embarrassed for you. The bloke selling it to you isn’t the one making it and won’t have a clue what’s in it. He’s just some street skank delivering so the next person up the chain doesn’t get arrested. Of course it’s cut with other stuff. That you haven’t had a bad batch yet is more by luck than judgement. And do you think he has some kind of loyalty to you? Some sense of customer service? What will you do when he does sell you a bad batch? Ask to see his manager? 🤦‍♀️

What conversation is needed though? It’s a lame AMA. Why the hell would anyone care? It’s the same as all middle aged middle class coke users:
do it when drunk
can afford it
deluded into thinking delivery is safe and ‘better’ than buying from a random
twats

This is an interesting point - but I do think it's slightly different in the sense that everyone needs clothes, and the fashion industry has got to a point where buying ethically produced clothing is something many people simply can't afford to do (although of course I'm being generous... of course I know many people indulge in fast fashion hauls every month buying things they don't actually need).

Similarly, we've collectively managed to construct a world in which we all need internet access, and it can be very hard to get by without a smartphone. Most of them are unethical in some way, although I'd hazard a guess the average person isn't aware of this.

You could apply the same argument to the consumption of animal products. Everyone needs to eat, not everyone has the time or means to figure out how to go vegan even if they are aware that they should.

It would be great if the ethical implications of such things were better known so we could all make more informed choices, and if governments cracked down on certain industries so the burden of that research wasn't placed solely on the consumer and we could just trust what was on the shelves.

All that being said, I don't think anyone is delusional enough to think that the illegal drugs trade is harmless, and absolutely nobody needs to be buying cocaine.