You are a moron for real. I really don't give a shit about Ireland or Scotland being in the UK. I meant the term UK as England and as far as I know Ireland isn't part of the UK, just Northern Ireland which you have no right occupying anyway, but that's a discussion for another day.
I read your article and it seems to be complete bullshit. Now, I am not denying there is a heroin shortage in the UK, but I think it is over exaggerated. Your article points out no new information or facts and the data sources are laughable (drug forums, drug treatment centers, newspaper/media) Come on. Get some real facts and figures like this: the UNODC World Drug Report 2010.
http://www.idpc.net/publications/unodc-2010-world-drug-report
Read through that and get back to me.
Afghanistan is in a god damn war, experienced a problem with poppy blight in late 2009/early 2010 amongst other problems and they still are producing heroin at world wide records with over 90% of the world's heroin coming from Afghanistan. So where does 90% of the world's heroin go? Europe. Half of that goes to Russia, then the UK is next on the list.. so please get your facts straight. I am not saying it's easy to get good stuff because it's not my scene and I don't live there but like I said before the lack of street scene is probably a big cause of your weakened scene. Also the stepped up law enforcement in the UK. They did bust a big heroin trafficking group there, but that void is filled quick. No matter how many people they arrest all over Europe at various stages of trafficking, there are 10 more people right there to fill the shoes. There is heroin in the UK. Do you know how much heroin 90% of the world's supply is? A good portion of that goes to the UK and the rest of Europe (Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain, etc). 90% of the world's supply comes from SW Asia, 7-8% from SE Asia and the remaining 2-3% comes from Colombia/Mexico and that 2-3% supplies the entire United States/Mexico/South America and yes production has decreased in recent years but there is no shortage here. There is always heroin somewhere. The world will never be in a shortage, especially not Europe.
A number of factors could be contributing to so many people complaining about quality or availability, but it's out there. A disruption in the supply chain? Law enforcement activity/arrests? Little to no street scene? The supply is there. There is no drought. Production is up. No huge seizures or anything. You just might have to search a little harder my friend. It could be a local thing. It happens time to time. Good luck.