@korno 508078 wrote:
I’m finding with it here in Edinburgh that the school leavers (90’s born babies) are the ones generally taking all that RC shite, and anyone born in the 80’s and below are sticking with the good stuff , i suppose it’s a generation thing? We trust our drugs, but the younger gen when going through their first time drugs trying stage are introduced to this fucking crap, and maybe they psychologically feel safer? Because they’re confusing ‘research chems’ with ‘legal’ Not that it means anything but.
Know what I mean? Something along those lines hey.
Mephedrone has been an illegal substance for nearly 2 years now and most younger people know that or learn the hard way if they act the idiot in town, get searched and caught with drugs!
The penalties for low level dealing of a class B (mephedrone) are less than a class A (MDMA). Younger people might “know their rights” more but they also accept that drugs are illegal and have penalties even if they do them, so want to minimise risks, whilst at the same time using and dealing is often combined.
Also MDMA use is more associated with the dance music scene especially faster BPM genres whereas mephedrone has become a general “on the town” drug for stimulation, whilst also drinking large quantities of alcohol. MDMA is now becoming a niche market drug for areas where specialist dance music events are still licensed which is a smaller part of the UK than ever before (mostly inner cities where high crime levels mask any problems the drug use at these events cause).
another big factor is many of todays young people “start young, party fast and stop younger”. they don’t go mad or die like the tabloids claim but they often get bored of drugs by their mid 20s and stop them for good, usually when they start University or have a significant long term relationship and/or become parents. seen this happen to loads of my younger friends here…
