"Doki" <doki@SPAMMENOTspidar.com> wrote in message news:1058168898.80018.0@eunomia.uk.clara.net...
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> JNugent <JNugent@AC30.Freeofspamserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:betll7$q6v$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > "David J Rainey" <myfirstnamehere@davidrainey.com> wrote:
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> > || JNugent@AC30.Freeofspamserve.co.uk says...
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> > ||| Is that why crack was such a (relatively) popular recreational drug
> > ||| among the well-heeled "yuppies" of the 1980s?
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> > || Are you sure? I thought crack was the Thunderbird / Buckfast of the
> > || drugs world?
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> > No, perhaps I'm not sure.
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> > Certainly cocaine of some sort though. The soirt that got "snorted"
> through
> > a rolled-up tenner?
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> That's cocaine. Crack is much more addictive AFAIK.

Crack has a worse reputation due to the gang wars in new york over it.
From what I know of people using it the main benefit to it is it's easier to
transport and use. It's becoming more popular in the city now but still has
a bad boy image.