Buying Selling and Giving it Away
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Buying Selling and Giving it Away
A message to those on the streets, don't do any of these drugs, or alcohol, you need all of your survival wit! At best you can wake up with your stuff missing, at worst you wake up with some stranger raping you
As you probably know, most dope is illegal, therefore some risks are always involved in buying and selling. "Eternal vigilance and constant mobility are the passwords of survival," said Che Guevara, and nowhere do they apply more than in the world of dope. DON'T ever deal with a stranger, and, preferably, only deal with fellow activists. These people should also be easier to get along with.
Buying
The Burn
In the purchasing of dope, arrests are not a problem unless you're the fall guy for a bust on the dealer. The major hazard is getting burned. Buy from a friend or a reputable dealer. If you have to do business with a stranger, be extra careful. Never front money. One of the burn artist's tricks is to take your money, tell you to wait and split with your dough. There are various side show gimmicks each burn artist works. The most common is to ask you to walk with them a few blocks and then stop in front of an apartment building. He then tells you the dope is upstairs and asks you to hand over the money in advance. He explains that his partner is the real uptight 'cause they were raided once and won't let anybody in the pad. He takes your dough and disappears inside the building. Out the back door or up to the roof and into his getaway helicopter. You are left on the sidewalk with anxious eyes and that "can this really be happening to me" feeling.
Fake Dope
Another burn method is to substitute oregano, parsley or catnip for pot, camel shit for hash, saccharin or plain pills for acid. If you got burned for heroin or speed, you're better off being taken, because these are body-fuck drugs that can mess you up badly. The people that deal them are total pigs and should be regarded as such. When you're buying from strangers, you have a right to sample the merchandise free unless it's coke. Check the weight of grass with a small pocket scale. Feel the texture and check out how well it has been cleaned of seeds and twigs. Smoke a joint that is rolled from the stuff you get. Don't accept the dealer's sample that he pulled out of his pocket. When you are buying a large amount of acid, pick a sample. You should never buy acid from a stranger as it is too easy a burn.
You can buy ecstasy testing kits from the green party for £21.45 ($40.00) that is totally legal, easy to use, discreet and has approx. 150 tests. http://drugs.greenparty.org.uk/
Weed
Price for weed varies greatly based on the quality of the weed and where you’re buying it. It is sold in dime bags, eighths (1/8 ounce), quarters, halves, and ounces. It’s also sold in dollar-amount bags, depending on where you are, like, instead of buying an eighth or a quarter, you might be a $20 bag, a $40 bag, etc. If you’re in a strange place, I recommend sticking with a dime bag, where, if you get screwed, you don’t lose that much. If you like it, you can always go back for more. If you know what you’re doing and find a good dealer, stick with him or her as long as you can, which is usually until they get tired of dealing. As with food, you usually save by buying larger amounts. If someone sells you an eighth for $20, he’ll probably sell you a quarter for $35. (2007 $USA)
Ask Questions
Don’t feel stupid asking questions if you are unsure about how much you’re getting or how good it should be. There are enough regional differences that you won’t sound stupid (even if you really don’t know) as long as you act like you know what you’re talking about. Also, marijuana dealers and users are notoriously easy-going and compassionate. It’s better to ask than to get burned.
First-person Account: After a recent move to a new city, I finally found a weed contact. I was used to buying eighths and quarters, depending on how much money I had. I placed the order in a neighborhood bodega, but we were interrupted by a customer right before I finished. I had requested the quality that I wanted, I just hadn’t told her how much I wanted. With the customer there, I mouthed the word, “eighth,” and she immediately nodded her head in understanding. I only had about $30 to last me for the week, so I was not happy when the bag came in and it was eighty dollars worth of pot. Fortunately, my middle-person cashed in for the rest, but it just goes to show that, even though we both knew what we were doing, there was a miscommunication. Again, don’t be afraid to ask the question.
Coke
If you buy cocaine, bring along a black light. Only the impurities glow under its fluorescence, thus giving you an idea of the quality of the coke. Make sure it's the real thing. You may also boil out the impurities; take a metal spoon and put a quarter gram or more in (remembering to add about twice the amount of baking soda). To recap 1/3 cocaine 2/3 baking soda. Add water till spoon is almost full. Light two lighters under the spoon and let boil. after there is a clear difference visually akin to oil and water, you can take a penny or nickel or anything metal and swish it around to collect all the oil. Good cocaine = A lot of oil Bad cocaine = very little oil. On a side note making crack is a federal matter so it's probably not a good idea.
Sniffing coke can perforate your nasal passages, so be super moderate. Too much can kill you. A little bit can go a long way if you have previous heart conditions. Always know your limits for anything you take, this is a drug that you can OD on. The buzz comes quick and goes just as fast. Be careful about chasing it, because it makes you feel so good that you want more and more, and you probably can’t afford to use as much as you’d like. Also, expect a bit of post-nasal drip.
Meth
Methamphetamine may give a wicked speed high but regular use will leave you a wreck. The effects include nervousness, paranoia, delusions, and bad super selfish decision making is very common. Days of sleeplessness will often be followed by many hours of hyper depressed crash. Meth user tooth rot is caused by the tooth chatter and grinding side effect, have a very tough baby chewy to protect your teeth, and of course brush and floss every day. We advise avoidance of street meth unless on a rare emergency you really need the hyper alertness, although safer ways of obtaining this effect can be had than with street meth. One alternative is Desoxyn, which is the brand name for prescription methamphetamine. It has the same effects, is guaranteed to be pure and properly measured out, and acts exactly like high quality street meth.
Selling
Dealing, although dangerous, is a tax-free way of surviving even though it borders on work. The best way to start is to save up a little bread and buy a larger quantity than you usually get. Then deal out smaller amounts to your friends. The fewer strangers you deal with, the safer you are. The price of dope varies with the amount of stuff on the market in your area, the heat the narks are bringing down and the connections you have. A rough scale, say, for pot is $150 an ounce, $1500 a pound and $3500 a kilo (2.2 pounds). The price per ounce decreases depending on the amount you get. It's true you make more profit selling by the ounces, but the hassle is greater and the more contacts you must make increases the risk. Screwing your customers will prove to be bad karma (unless you consider dying groovy), so stick to honest dealing. Never deal from your pad and avoid keeping your stash there. Get into searching out the best markets which are generally in California, given its close proximity to good ol' Mexico. Kansas is a big distribution center for Mexican grass, too. You can ship the stuff (safer than carrying) via air freight anywhere in the country for about $30 a trunk. Keep the sending and receiving end looking straight. We have one friend who wears a priest's outfit to ship and receive dope. In fact, every time we see nuns or priests on the street, we assume they're outlaws just on their way to the next deal or bombing. For all we know, the church actually is nothing but a huge dope ring in drag. Anybody gotten high off communion wafers lately?
When you talk about deals on the phone, be cool. Make references to theater tickets or subscriptions. Don't keep extensive notes on your activities and contacts. Use code names where you can. Never deal with two other people present. Only you and the buyer should be in the immediate vicinity. Narks make busts in pairs so one can be the arresting officer and the other can be a court witness. Dealing is a paradox of unloading a good amount of shit but not trying to move too fast; of making new contacts but being careful of strangers; of dealing high quality and low prices; and of being simultaneously bold and cautious. If you get nabbed, get the best lawyer who specializes in dope busts. First offenders rarely end up serving time, but it's a different story for repeaters. Know how punitive the courts are and which judges and prosecutors can be bought off. Never deal in the month before an election. For complete information on how to avoid getting busted and what to do if busted, read The Drug Bust (listed in appendix).
Giving It Away
Giving dope away can be a real mind-blower. Every dealer should submit to voluntary taxation by the new Nation. If you are a conscientious dealer, you should be willing and eager to give a good hunk of your stash away at special events or to groups into free distribution. You should also be able to give bread to bust trusts set up to bail out heads unable to get up the ransom money the whisky lush courts demand. Many groups have done huge mailings of joints to all sorts of people. A group in New York mailed 30,000 to people in the phone book on one Valentine's Day. A group in Los Angeles placed over 2,000 joints in library books and then advised kids to smoke a book during National Library Week. Be cool about even giving stuff away since that counts as dealing in most states. John Sinclair, Chairman of the White Panther Party, was sentenced to 9½ to 10 years for giving away two joints. It took an international outcry to get the charges dismissed.
Drug Prices
All the prices are in 2007 UK pounds.
ecstasy - £2-2.50 per pill.
Cocaine - £15-20 A half gram, £30-40 a gram.
Weed - Usually ranges anywhere from £60 to £200 an ounce.
Ketamine - £10-15 a wrap.
Acid - £5 a tab.
