LONDON RIOTS RUMOR: A Breakdown In The Drugs Trade Caused The Chaos

[FarCenter]

Let's take this with a pinch of salt, but via Izabella Kaminska of FTAlphaville comes a very interesting theory on why the UK's civil society has collapsed.

The theory -- new techniques by British police have led to a drug drought in the country. Now angry drug barons are using their power in deprived communities to hit back at the police.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/london-riots-rumor-a-breakdown-in-the-drugs-trade-caused-the-madness-2011-8

If people want to do drugs, they should be able to buy them at cost of production.

[fascisthunter]

1. rumor

my... what an interesting rumor.... more like propaganda

[Warpy]

3. My bullshit meter is pinned, too

Addicts are usually too sick to bother rioting when the town dries up.

This is more likely a cause of no jobs, no hope, and the few programs that occupied all the time on their hands were eliminated by the stupid Tory government as a cost saving measure.

They saved chump change. Let's see what it's cost them.

[fascisthunter]

5. it's a smear against the communities themselves

next they'll build walls around them.

[dissidentboomer]

2. Keep trying. I'm SURE you'll come up with something! What a joke.

[readmoreoften]

4. Oh for the love of #%£! Stop with the racist crap.

[peacetalksforall]

6. Business Insider? Who? What do DUers think of this source. I've read some

good articles. I don't want it to be a holding of the Murdoch Empire.

[chollybocker]

7. yeah, right

the crackheads are revolting. we get it now.

:eyes:

[indurancevile]

8. i dunno about dealers, but i'd think users would be too junk-sick to riot.

and btw, are there no proofreaders anymore?

"allowed them to seriously clampdown on big-time drug dealers."

"the UK found a record hall of cocaine"

and what's with the overuse of scare quotes?

'The Guardian began to wonder if a heroin shortage could "put lives at risk". Bloggers who focused on the drug underworld began to talk about a serious "dry season" in the heroin trade'

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/london-riots-rumor-a-breakdown-in-the-drugs-trade-caused-the-madness-2011-8#ixzz1UZlF49xf


it reads like it was written by a high school student.

[CJCRANE]

9. I heard the same thing about the Middle East unrest and the Greek riots...

:sarcasm:

There are global trends that are bigger than these BS conspiracy theories.

[HipChick]

10. Complete and utter BS..Riots first started in 81...

the govt continued to ignore the reasons..

[RainDog]

11. sounds like bullshit to me. a guy was shot. his girlfriend and her friends confronted the police

a female either did or did not get beaten by police after she either did or did not throw a rock at them.

then all hell broke loose.

in an area of the country with high unemployment - who are on the streets, not at work in a job.

one sociologist noted that the riot was a situation of "opportunity." when there are a lot of people w/o jobs who, therefore, have time and opportunity to steal to make some money after something that is considered a major injustice - well, you get the very thing you have seen.

the origin of this riot had nothing to do with any drugs, drought or otherwise.

[3waygeek]

12. They need to get their stories straight...

in this report, looters are freely sharing weed. I guess the drought isn't that severe.

[NoodleyAppendage]

13. Bullsh*t misinformation campaign / psyOps by the British authorities...bank on it. n/t

J

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[Fool Count]

15. British Police did just seize $600 million worth of cocaine

destined for the UK market. That's like real money by any measure. It belonged to someone, who must be pretty pissed at the cops now. Just saying.