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Pot in Poland for tourists [285]
From what I've seen and/or been around in Poland, the top drugs in terms of popularity/availability are as follows (not including alcohol):
1) Marijuana - by far... I remember reading a poll where something like a quarter of Polish youth admit to smoke at least a few times a year. It's sold in weird quantities like half g, g, 5g's, etc. If you told someone I want an 8th they'd get confused. Also, the way some people smoke it is weird - they smoke it in tiny amounts at a time through this crack pipe looking thing sold at headshops and kiosks. Then they just toss the pipe once they're done so they don't get caught carrying one plus it's super cheap so not a huge deal.
2) Amphetamines (not ice/meth, but white powdery amphetamine)... What put Poland on the scene!! Polish amphetamine is arguably the best in the world. A ton of it is exported now to the UK, Holland, Germany, etc. However, it's amps not meth. If someone brought a bunch of amphetamine and methylated it they'd own the market.
3) Bath salts/synthetic marijuana - technically the most available since it's sold in kiosks and head shops... very close to 2nd in terms of popularity... nasty ****... looks like some herb/s oregano sprayed with God knows what... or random white powders also sprayed with God knows what. This has become a big problem for ER personnel. They'll get a guy kicking and screaming and it takes 5 dudes to hold him down and they have no clue how to reverse it.
4) Cocaine - cheaper than USA, but expensive by Polish standards. Still, I see quite a bit of it going around from Warsaw to the little suburbs, often used by kibole, mid/upper middle class teens and college kids, etc. It doesn't quite have the like reputation for being a high class drug for stockbrokers, businessmen, high end escorts, etc.
5) Ecstasy and club drugs (although shrooms and acid don't seem to be too popular) - Rolls are quite popular and can be purchased at just about any rave, concert, and techno club. A lot of the times though it's not real mdma/mda/mdae/mde/etc. but just pressed amphetamine/methamphetamine with some caffeine or whatever as a binding agent
5) Heroin - use to be very popular and one of the most popular drugs when "Polish Kompot" was prevalent. It started waning in the 90's to the point where it's quite rare now. The heroin going around now is called "brown sugar.' Not sure if it's no 3 or d type though. The heroin in Poland appears to mostly be in transit to other markets like Germany, France or maybe even the Scandinavian countries where the amount of users is a lot higher and people have more money.
6) Pills like oxycontin, Xanax, etc. - "Relanium" which was basically E Euro valium use to be super popular, but not so much anymore. You can buy codeine over the counter in Poland. Nonetheless, people don't really like abuse pills and there isn't a market for pills like in the USA where oxycontin, Adderall, Xanax, etc. are sold by side with other drugs by the dealers.
7) I'm sure there's more.... I cant think of,....