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Very worryingly, today's crack isn't all it's cracked up to be

Wednesday, 23rd January 2008

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Laura Barton in the Guardian asks How popular is crack? and quotes Colin Stewart of the "Relate drugs service":

"The market has changed a lot now," says Sutton's colleague Colin Stewart. "You have a lot of teenagers aged 14-20 dealing, who don't use it but who sell it to fund their lifestyle. The worrying thing is that the crack that's around at the moment isn't very pure. It was 80% and now it's 50%. People end up in massive debt - £500 a day is common and kids will do anything for a £10 rock."
Very worrying, indeed, if they're selling low grade crack for high grade prices. Someone should report them to Trading Standards. 

(BTW, I thought Relate was the old Marriage Guidance Council, so I'm not sure what its drugs service is all about. Do they recommend which one to take? Do they source it? That would be useful.)

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Mike Wood

January 28th, 2008 5:18pm

Typical Guardian misprint. It should be Release not Relate

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