Jonty Skrufff's Blog

Posts Tagged ‘drugs’

.

20 revellers who apparently snorted or swallowed ‘bath salt’ Ivory Wave were hospitalised in Scotland last week after reportedly experiencing symptoms including ‘paranoia, hallucinations, psychosis, palpitations, insomnia and anxiety.’

The Scotsman newspaper said the substance is quickly becoming the new legal drug of choice for former mephedrone users despite pointed warnings on websites selling Ivory Wave which stress the white powder is ‘not for human consumption.’

“Add the contents to a hot bath to naturally soften the water which will leave you feeling very soothed and relaxed,” Am-Hi-Co.com recommend on their Ivory Wave sales page.

“Please, if you are a first time user of Ivory Wave we strongly recommend to start with a very tiny amount to your bath to see your body’s tolerance,” they add, “Once you get used to the strong effect of Ivory in your bath you can use more to reach the complete relaxation you want.”

Web portal Mysterious Plants also recommend adding the contents to a hot bath ‘to naturally soften the water’ urging ‘PLEASE do not use this as SNUFF!!!’

However, in a section marked MP Test results, they’re decidedly more ambiguous, declaring ‘very simply Ivory Wave will blow your mind away.’

“One thing though and it is very important folks: USE IT WITH CAUTION, not like “ohh, yeah, I know I know, I’m a f***ing Superhero, don’t worry” because you will be surprised big time,” Mysterious Minds advise.

“Some people love this, some not really, but it is strong for sure. Start with very tiny amount. Comes in about 45 mins and lasts for 3-4 hours. Giving us flashes during the whole time,” they say.

Jonty Skrufff

Share on Facebook

Barack Obama's drug exploits

.

Top British barrister Nicholas Green QC called for drugs to be decriminalised last week, in a detailed essay in which he noted the improvement in public health and reduction in crime such a move would bring.

The hugely respected and influential lawyer, who is chairman of Barristers’ organisation the Bar Council, called for decriminalisation just as leading medical expert Fiona Godlee, editor of the British Medical Journal, said the same.

“In a beautifully argued essay (Transform drugs expert)Stephen Rolles calls on us to envisage an alternative to the hopelessly failed war on drugs,” she noted in an editorial published in the doctors’ magazine, “He says, and I agree, that we must regulate drug use, not criminalise it,” she declared.

Addiction expert Andrew M Brown endorsed Nicholas Green’s comments in a notably sympathetic follow up article in the Daily Telegraph in which he highlighted ‘a basic fact about drugs which is often ignored in public discourse’.

“Drugs are not inevitably harmful, nor are they inevitably addictive,” he said.

“After all, nearly all adults regularly use one of the most toxic drugs there is – alcohol – without coming to much harm. Quite the opposite, in fact: alcohol users will tell you they experience great benefits in relaxation, elevation of mood, lubricating social contact and so on.”

Even more significantly, the Sun newspaper published an article about new Channel 4 documentary ‘Our War On Drugs’ with the unprecedentedly defeatist headline ‘We will NEVER win the war on drugs’. (The Sun)

“Britain spends a whopping £1.5 BILLION a year trying to tackle the evil trade. But experts claim officers are failing in every attempt to stamp out the scourge of society,” the previously rabidly anti-drug tabloid reported.

“And one top Scots drug enforcement officer admits that cops will NEVER get close to seizing the 60 per cent of narcotics the UN suggests is needed to win the war.”

Jonty Skrufff

Share on Facebook

Spanish police have revealed that Ibiza drug dealers sell an estimated 40,000 ecstasy pills a night just as a new study of 3,000 Balearic tourists showed that one in five use ecstasy and the same proportion cocaine during their holidays.

A police spokesperson said most of the dealers are from Manchester or Liverpool though are difficult to catch.

Infamous Liverpool gangster Curtis Warren

“The British do not use locals to sell, only other British people, and they are selling it mostly to foreigners to avoid accidentally selling to an undercover officer,’ he told the Daily Mirror, “As a result it is very difficult to penetrate these groups,” he added.

Speaking to the Telegraph a ‘police source’ said ‘“This summer looks bad, worse even than previous years.

“It is proving very difficult to do an effective job,” the source added. “We have a team of only 15 drug enforcers across the whole island and only one vehicle.”

In related news, Britain’s Foreign Office revealed that 944 Brits were arrested for drugs offences worldwide last year representing one in seven of all arrest for Brits overseas (between April 2009 and March 2010).

The report revealed that Thailand has the highest arrest rate for Brits per thousand generally with Dubai close behind in second place.

“This report shines a light on the number of Britons who get into difficulty abroad each year,” said UK Minister Jeremy Browne, “The worrying fact is that so many of these situations are preventable.”

“It is illegal to have sex or cohabit outside marriage, including in hotels,” the report also warned (speaking specifically about Dubai) “Pregnancy outside marriage can lead to imprisonment. Adultery, cross-dressing and homosexual behaviour are illegal.”

Jonty Skrufff: Follow Jonty on Twitter

Share on Facebook

'Woof woof'

The Sun newspaper singled out currently legal chemical MDAI as Britain’s ‘next big thing’ narcotic this week, revealing that the £20 a gram powder is up to ‘four times stronger’ than Mephedrone.

“Woof Woof is the new Miaow Miaow,” the barking-mad British tabloid proclaimed in a feature article introducing the previously obscure legal high to its readers, “Woof woof – is set to flood the streets of Britain,” the paper predicted

Ironically, the Sun was previously cited as popularising the term Miaow Miaow last year, in a fascinating expose of the nickname’s origins by satirical magazine Private Eye.

Noting that Miaow Miaow was first proposed as a term for mephedrone by members of now defunct online ‘headshop’ Champagne Legals early last year, the Eye noted how Miaow Miaow failed to catch on with anyone until one individual added it as a list of ‘street names’ on mephedrone’s Wikipedia entry.

“Three weeks later … the Sun declared the arrival of a “new party favourite called ‘meow meow’”,” Private Eye reported, “And the world went cat-call crazy.”

MDAI  (like mephedrone before it) is currently being marketed as and plant food on numerous sites with one such company VIP Legals even warning of rivals cutting the controversial ‘research chemical’.

“Be cautious of suppliers who claim to be selling pure product but in actual fact they are cutting it down with stuff like Creatine (flavorless powder used for body building) You won’t find any of that here, we use this stuff on our plants also, so we understand that only the best will do!” they stress.

“All of the Research Chemicals sold on this website are strictly NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. If we suspect that any person wishing to buy nrg-1, buy MDAi is intending to use the product for human consumption then we reserve the right to refuse to sell to that individual,” they caution.

Share on Facebook