Cocaine is the new weed, I need your opinions Options

[Jen]

I posted this on MySpace. I'd really like to see what you guys have to say about this.

"Why, in the past year, has cocaine become the new weed? Instead of "getting stoned off pot" at parties, people are in the bathroom doing lines of coke.

My uncle and aunt lost their baby because they were doing it in front of her, and selling ALL of their stuff to get it. I lost a few friends because their personalities changed 100% because of their drug use. They would become violent and out of control. It makes me sad."

My best friend in the entire world started doing it after she and I moved in together.. and it completely changed our relationship.. she broke into my room.. bleached my things.. f-cked up things. She is not the person I went to high school with. She is completely different. And that friendship which was the best friendship I ever had is now over because of it.

Where are these kids my age getting the money to do such things? What is wrong with our society?

Please let me know your opinions. I'm really interested and concerned.

[Andy B]

I have been reading this with some interest to be honest. The drug culture in Scotland is huge. So much so that it is a mission of a Friday night to see what drug you are going to get for the weekend !

So before you have headed out to meet your friends, you have already scored or have arranged a meet to score at some point of the evening. Were not talking about Heroin here. The one everyone looks for is Ecstacy. If you cant get that your looking for Cocaine, GHB or Ketamine.

This is a weekly occurance here, you will be lucky if you are out in a club or pub of a night and someone 'doesnt' ask you for pills (E) or Coke ! Just the way it is here.

As for Weed, here, thats generally for the morning after the E or Coke, kinda equalises it out as you come down. It's quite scary, but true. Afterparties in houses after the clubs close sees folk taking more Coke or E till well into the next day, then when it begins to wear off, out comes the weed and everyone chills out.

I know lots of users and dealers, through most of my life from about 15 onwards i could spot someone on E immediatley, and it's still the same now, although it's just the norm here really. Having been part of the "Club" culture and the "Ibiza" generation i have done most of these. Still im not proud of it and by no means will i condone it. Thing is, if you want to do it you will.

Think you will find that Ecstacy is beginning to fade out, pretty sure it will come back but cocaine is definatley taking over from most other drugs, it seems far more available , here anyway, than weed.

Andy....