EADD Heroin thread v.XXV -- a quarter centuary of threads if not yet a full decade since the 'drought'...

[Zopiclone bandit]

1- very irregular supply: see, during XX Century London and major UK cities allways had ethnic minorities and a huge commerce with the whole planet, hence some heroin has allways been avaliable. In Spain was different cause of Franco. After his dead in 1975 until 1979, some batches started to arrive, more and more every time, but it was not a constant supply. I was a kid but people say that it all was actual " China White" very pure white h. That's the first scenario: irregular supply of good product. You will miss many batches but eventually you will hit one.

Another guy from a few townes over I know well moved to South Spain to get off NHS Fent, you can see Morroco from his kitchen & lounge.
As his right on the sea boats pay many trips over, he said Spain is flooded with Coke, strange RC's like 4-MMC.

His always got a big spliff of Charas burning, he said Cannabis is 100% Legal is Spain if you belong to some kind of "Club"

"Las leyes narcos
Hay que obedecer
El brujo da consejos
Óiganme, pendejos
Lleno la troca
Cien kilos de la blanca
Hay que pintarlas
Con sangre de perro
Cortado, ¡sí!
Barato, ¡no!
Mordidas, ¡sí!
La migra, ¡no!"

 

[Señor Moreno]

I don't really know about RCs mate, but yes, cocaine is all around. Spain is perfect for S American cartels, a peninsula with thosands of miles of coastline and sharing the same language. First, in the late 70s and 80s, it were the galician (NW) clans, quiet and efficient people, seasoned after decades of smuggling every kind of supplies from Portugal after the Civil War; then in the 60s they moved to tobacco smuggling, buying ships and bribing seamen. The infrastucture was already there, so when they met the colombians in prison, the bussiness started and it goes on to these days, even big narcosubmarines have been seized, you can google image "narcosubmarinos Galicia", also in English, as I have read The Guardian reports on the subject. Hell, there are even Netflix series.. But today it isn't only Galicia: the southern gangs, historically specialized in hashish, have expanded their activities to cocaine too, so it's everywhere.
Your friend that see Africa from home is probably living close to Algeciras and La Línea (Gibraltar is there too). Super hot spots, full of cocaine and the very place where all morrocan hash comes to Europe from.

And yes, the guy is right: there are clubs where police don't (doesn't?) disturb smokers. It is illegal on paper but it is almost legal in daily life. Clubs are ok, very good gear but more expensive than street markets.
Police here, despite fining you if they find something in your possesion, don't care about cannabis dealers anymore. They are after the king pins and the "planeadoras" (speed boats specifically made for narco) pilots. Last year a big planeadora willingly crashed into a Guardia Civil zodiac and killed two agents