@The Psyentist 543829 wrote:
I think bubble is a term quite exclusive to my parts. Used by all age ranges to my knowledge though. I’d agree though that so many deaths in such a short period of time in a relatively small vicinity is a big concern. Gonna be a shit storm of some sort coming our way
Apologies, what I meant was that it was a common Northern term and that young people were buying the stuff and using that name but their parents generation who grew up in the days of Madchester/Hacienda/early rave scene were themselves in a real pickle about how they should respond to this without coming across as hypocrites, and they also felt clearly ashamed and guilty as back in the day they partied and took drugs so can’t exactly tell their kids not to do the same.
Regulation/tolerance is a good idea but tends to work better in countries / areas where folk have a certain amount of self discipline and the citizens are willing to pay taxes for support services such as testing agencies, and the sellers are willing to follow the rules, and even then it can all go to shit if/when the economy falters. After all there are food safety laws across the EU, but how much horsemeat have people been sold recently?
