Cut-price cocaine hits the streets

DRUG dealers are offering cut-price cocaine to try to lure more young people into taking it, according to the Alcohol and Drugs Service.
And Customs are reporting a 468 per cent increase in cocaine seizures, suggesting that the drop in prices is a sign that the drug is readily available in the Island and that misuse is increasing.
Tests on cocaine seized at the borders have also shown that almost 90 per cent of the drug could be mixed with various harmful concoctions such as amphetamines, caffeine, and dog-worming tablets, with the result that users have no idea what they are snorting or injecting.
Now there are major fears that a cocaine epidemic could spread to Jersey as local drug dealers drop their prices to attract younger users. Cocaine – known on the street as coke, charlie or snow – has become more affordable and prices have almost halved, according to the Alcohol and Drugs Service.

Its worrying to think that this sort of drugs are being pushed, the police need to step up operations to try and control this...

Is this the situation in Jersey? Not like that in Guernsey (or am I niave??)

I hope for your sake that Guernsey is not as bad Dell

This Island has taken a bit leap over the couple of years into hard drugs

Its not good over here

Simple Me wrote:I hope for your sake that Guernsey is not as bad Dell

This Island has taken a bit leap over the couple of years into hard drugs

Its not good over here

What are you talking about,

Once again the Island being seen as a "Drug Spot" get real

It is well known that the easiest way to gauge the availability of certain types of drugs in a given area is by street price. It stands to reason that generally speaking if the price suddenly drops drastically, the market is seeing a larger quantity of that type.

I have always thought that Jersey was more at risk of greater dealing than Guernsey due to the sentencing policies in Guernsey being stricter amongst other indicators.

That's not to say that it is a 'Drug Spot' but relative to the UK the price per commodity is better, and the potential sentence less than Guernsey.