Cocaine using clubbers are typically 18-45 year old white male owners who own their own homes, police drug test expert PC Adrian Parsons told a Home Office enquiry on Britain’s cocaine culture, last week.

The Kent police drugs expert scans clubbers’ hands outside clubs and pubs and said he can usually spot users long before he tests them based on their belligerence and ‘extreme paranoia’ (‘especially if you try to look up their nose’).

“They are louder than normal people. They are non-stop talkers. They are arrogant and feel invincible,” PC Parsons continued, “They are happy to ridicule bystanders who are not part of their group, particularly police officers.” (Guardian; http://bit.ly/uhiF1x )

And possibly Australian; at least judging by Sydney Morning Herald reporter David Marr, who this week outed himself as an enthusiastic drug user.

“I’ve had a lot of fun on drugs,” the respected commentator admitted (in an article headlined “A nation of junkies … drug use is common in Australia’s clubs’.)

“I’ve had a lot of marvellous experiences. I’ve danced a lot. I’ve had a great time,” he continued. “I’m not ashamed of it. And I don’t see what’s wrong with it.” (Sydney Morning Herald; http://bit.ly/tq3PXg )

In the same article he also quoted Melbourne University drugs expert Professor Craig Fry, on the hypocrisy that many users also exhibit.

“Privately, we are a nation of drunks, junkies and pill-poppers and we always have been,” Professor Fry declared.

“Publicly, the dominant community attitude on drugs in Australia is disapproval and fear, and this feeling seems to be growing.”

Jonty Skrufff: http://listn.to/JontySkrufff