Today, after searching high and low and the nastiest crevasses in between, I found some dope that was actually good. I hope I'm not breaking any rules by mentioning this, but I had to pay $200 to get a measly 1.7 grams. And while yes, it is good, paying that kind of money for the amount isn't something that is sustainable for me at all. Just last summer, you could find sometimes scary strong powder for as little as $450 for a full oz. The contrast is absolutely insane. One thing I think people forget is that the drug market is a buyers market. Although yes the supply is brought in by a very select few relatively speaking, like any free market, if you stop buying from certain people and demand cheaper prices, if they want to continue to make any money, they will drop them. If they don't, you refuse to buy. It's worth it to buy "average" shit for a few days to send the message, or at least I think so. Now the biggest issue is getting everyone one the same page and switch their view from narrow to broad. This thing has been going on for far too long now. There isn't a shortage, there never was, except for what these people have engineered. Otherwise, I know for a fact that there is a line going out the door of people ready and willing to mule it over the boarder. Not only that, but because of its potency, a little amount goes much further than the heroin that was coming through before, a lot further. Just to cover all the bases, just because China says they are cracking down on the issue doesn't mean much either. The US has been fighting this drug war since the 70s, unsuccessfully, because the types of people in that business don't follow laws. There are plenty of criminal organizations on all sides of this planet wanting and willing to do what it takes for the profit. Not only that, but India has also become a big supplier of the precursors needed to produce fentanyl. There isn't a shortage, there never has been. Buyers market.
Thanks for letting me vent. As an addict, opiates are a much larger part of my life than I care to admit and quite honestly I hate it, but it's something I've been struggling with my entire adult life, I started at 17. I've been a user for literally half of my life now, and in general I try to do everything I possibly can so that I have to think/worry about opiates as little as possible. This situation makes it literally impossible for me to do that and quite honestly it kind of hurts a little bit. I know this isn't a place where I have to explain the whole "why don't you just quit then", so I won't. But until that time comes, and I pray it is sooner rather than later, I'll continue to try and do whatever it takes to think about opiates as seldom as possible. Much love.
