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Confessions of a Drug Dealer's Delivery Service Guy

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Re: Confessions of a Drug Dealer's Delivery Service Guy

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Post by indlebe »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

I seriously question the authenticity of this piece, especially the last bit about the pill clients being the more "wealthy ones". Either that or this guy worked the most atypical drug dealing job I've heard of.

In a more common situation, clients that are of a more permanant wealth would demand higher quality pot, hashish and perhaps opium. "New Money" may dabble in cocaine but if they're not uber rich or don't keep it in check that money won't last long.

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Post by corin_ »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

In my experience, weed smokers are the least likely to be always wanting to quit. I've known plenty of people who wanted to give up cigarettes, or drugs like coke, but I can't think of a single person who was wanting to give up weed and not managing.

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Post by ghshephard »

cmsmith wrote: post #7

I can't help but feel that what the author calls a 'drug dealer's delivery guy' is what I would just call a 'drug dealer'.

The differentiation here would be that this guy doesn't have inventory risk (or benefit, for that matter). This guy doesn't own the customer relationship, or the supplier relationship.

It's the difference between owning a pizza restaurant and being the pizza delivery person.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

I guess I've never known the really sad people like the ones he describes. A lot of my friends smoke, and they tend to come in two varieties:

1. Those that smoke every day, who will skip on other luxuries to pay for weed. 2. Those who smoke very casually, and typically go for months at a time without smoking. They'll usually only buy more when an opportunity presents itself.

I know very successful, highly skilled and well paid people and I know people who aren't very ambitious - in both categories - and I know those same types of people who don't smoke, or drink at all.

I guess I should count myself lucky that I've never managed to fall into a group of people for whom smoking is a problem, and an addiction, and a weight holding them down.

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Post by DanBC »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

I agree that the vast majority of cannabis users don't live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last.

But here's my anecdota to counter the others appearing.

I've met some people who have had considerable trouble stopping using cannabis, and who felt that cannabis was addictive.

(but I'm still in favour of legalising drugs)

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Post by cabalamat »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

> but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite

This is my experience too.

Re: Confessions of a Drug Dealer's Delivery Service Guy

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Post by dilap »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

They exist.

Of course, there are lots of people who are totally happy w/ their consumption, and have no desire to change, and/or if they did have the desire, did so.

But people w/ problems really do exist. I've personally known people who wanted to stop smoking, but found it very, very difficult.

(I feel like these stories don't get heard as much because there's a popular perception of weed not being a "hard" or a "real" drug, and so you sort of get laughed at if you say it's something you have a problem with.)

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Post by scotty79 »

MichaelGG wrote: post #6

>Like most addicts in denial, potheads live under the bogus assumption that every bong hit will be their last. Uh, what? While there may be some people that have hit problems and want to change because their life is being negatively impacted, most "addicts" are quite fine where they are. I personally don't like pot, but I've never known any pothead to keep saying "this will be my last hit" - quite the opposite. Like…

> ... most "addicts" are quite fine where they are.

I think he just might have had older clients. People at some age that are stuck in the routine all have dreams how to change their lives to make them more fulfilling. But they can't get out of their current semi-comfortable lives (which in those cases pot was part of).

Re: Confessions of a Drug Dealer's Delivery Service Guy

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Post by scotty79 »

doktrin wrote: post #2

> At times, I was tempted to hand them back their measly $60 and snatch the pipe from their hands and say, “You don't have to live this way.” That's a lot of condescension coming from the guy who thought he would look like a "suave gangster" while performing door to door pot deliveries.

> who thought he would look like a "suave gangster"

I think it was intended as adorable, humorous self-derogation on authors part.

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