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2008-07-03 Arabia

Saudi tops in abuse of stimulants in Gulf

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Posted by Steve White 2008-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Moslems on speed...sweeeeet.

Posted by imoyaro 2008-07-03 01:14|| 2008-07-03 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 What this shows is the utter futility of the war on drugs. If we can't keep them out of the prisons, if the Sauds cant keep them out of their prison, you aren't going to stop it. It should be legalized, regulated and taxed. Resale to minors should be made a three strikes capital offence for any age, down to 12; first strike, probation/counseling; second strike, hard time; third strike, enough drugs to last the rest of your brief life. Quit wasting money on Prohibition.

Posted by Punky Ebbique 4-5789 2008-07-03 09:07|| 2008-07-03 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I think that explains a lot!!!

Maybe those nutjobs are actually drug addled?

We all know what was seized is only a small percentage of what is coming into the country.

This really, once you think about it, comes as no surprise.

Posted by James Carville 2008-07-03 10:10|| 2008-07-03 10:10|| Front Page Top

#4 The 30mg tablets have become a craze among the Gulfs sizeable population of teenagers and adults aged 20-25, offering users a sensation of self-confidence that eventually leads to addiction and paranoia.

I think they are giving the drug WAY too much credit.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-03 10:40|| 2008-07-03 10:40|| Front Page Top

#5 The 30mg tablets have become a craze among the Gulfs sizeable population of teenagers and adults aged 20-25, offering users a sensation of self-confidence that eventually leads to addiction and paranoia.

Given their state ideology and oil tick livelihood, how would anyone know the difference?

Posted by Excalibur 2008-07-03 12:10|| 2008-07-03 12:10|| Front Page Top

#6 How about tampering with a shipment or two? Sterilization drug to just a heart stopper - come to think of it, that's not a bad idea for our own consumers.

Posted by Rob06 2008-07-03 12:51|| 2008-07-03 12:51|| Front Page Top

#7 IIUC, heroin abuse is widespread (way more than in the decadent West, proportionally speaking, just as iran or pakistan, though those two are nearer to the production areas), and alcohol is also used, and not only in expatriate gated communities/ghettoes.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-07-03 13:20|| 2008-07-03 13:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Btw, no way this whole traffik isn't managed by at least part of the saudi elites, which means of course the princes and the Holy Men; also, saudis are propbably involved in the transnational drug trade at a high level, there was a book published by a french journalist about a very troubling case that was basically covered by french "top secret" (secret-defense) gag-order, of a columbian cocaine drug bust that led to a private jet being seized on a french airport with a VERY large quantity of cocaine (in the 100s of kilograms), and it turned out the plane was the property of a saudi prince. Since the french defense industry is so dependent on Gulf contracts, there was pressure to keep it quiet, and so it was done. The thesis of the writer, based on his investigation, was IIRC that it was not a private venture by a lone royal, but that the saudis were using drug money to finance Jihad/Dawa/intelligence in the West. Sounds credible, despite the flopws of petro$.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-07-03 13:26|| 2008-07-03 13:26|| Front Page Top

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