Party Vibe

although us Europeans like stims just as much as in the USA; its way harder for young adults to acquire pharm grade stims – you only get this feeling here with good quality cocaine.

on the rare occasions we did see dexys or ritalin if they weren’t slow release tablets (only appeared in UK around mid 2000s for teenage ADHD treatment) they were just taken orally as in comparison to street amfetamine of that era were so much purer and cleaner.

Street amfetamine and even some of the purer but now controlled NPS stims were always harsh to snort although if good quality may have been worth the pain (at least until the comedown).

Europe used to be like (some states?) of the USA for “loose prescription of all sorts of pharms” but small countries with nationalised health authorities soon picked up on any issues caused by diversion/overuse (and notified the next door countries just like with any other health risks).

Also as key industries got privatised there was increasing Angst over whether the healthcare industry was ultimately subsidising/enabling corporates to encourage unhealthy and unrealistic working hours as well as lifestyles.

At the same time recreational drug use amongst young people is not judged particularly harshly – as it tends to be confined to certain age and social groups and thus tapers off after age 30-40 as people become parents and/or get more demanding careers.