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  • peloquin
    Till I Come!
    • Jun 2004
    • 8643

    the middle east, drugs, and danny howells

    link blatantly stolen from another forum

    In the shadows, Pakistan's growing drug culture
    Illegal substances all the rage in Islamic state's underground scene


    KARACHI, Pakistan - At least 200 people, most in their twenties or thirties, partied away at a recent warehouse party dancing to U.K.-based DJ, Danny Howells' album for Global Underground.

    Many stood on high platforms, their hands and eyes raised to the DJ?s booth on a balcony. They wore glow-in-the-dark bracelets, sunglasses, designer sports wear, and canvas shoes.

    The scene could have been in London or New York, but this "rave" took place in the industrial area of Karachi, where you could name your poison and have it within minutes.

    Dealers dressed in baseball caps, baggy jeans and loose t-shirts milled around selling ecstasy for as low as $11 and as high as $25 a tab, cocaine for about a $100 a gram, acid for $10 a hit, and fifty grams of hashish for about $15.

    The gathering, one of many in Pakistan's financial capital, demonstrated how the drug culture common to many Western capitals, has made inroads in one of the world's strictest Islamic states.

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    Along the walls of the rave there were lounging areas separated by drapes hanging from the ceiling. You could barely see inside, but you could smell the air thick with hashish. Outside the curtain there was a bar lined with foreign brands of whisky, vodka, gin, wine and beer.

    There was a long line outside the bathroom of people frantically chewing gum, clearing their noses with Vicks inhalers, and pacing as they waited for their turn to go in and snort a line of coke. One of partygoer laughed, saying the bathroom was one of the most popular spots at Karachi parties.

    The rave carried on till well into the next day. By six in the morning, a young married couple was popping more tabs to be ready for the after-hours session.

    The party scene has always existed in the elite circles of Pakistan; but drugs have become far more frequent accompaniment over the past five years.



    for more of the article, click the link
  • beto
    Gold Gabber
    • Jun 2004
    • 964

    #2
    uhm... it's interesting to see the substances pricelist around the globe...

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    • chato
      Gold Gabber
      • Jun 2004
      • 815

      #3
      ^^ lol
      what could you expect if it was danny howells on da decks!
      ...enjoy every single second

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      • FM
        Wooooooo!
        • Jun 2004
        • 5361

        #4
        yea but it sounds like they were dancing to his GU ALBUM, not Danny himself...
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        • brakada
          Gold Gabber
          • Jun 2004
          • 622

          #5
          Re: the middle east, drugs, and danny howells

          Originally posted by peloquin
          Dealers dressed in baseball caps, baggy jeans and loose t-shirts milled around selling ecstasy for as low as $11 and as high as $25 a tab, cocaine for about a $100 a gram, acid for $10 a hit, and fifty grams of hashish for about $15.
          Well, apart from hashish, nothing is really that cheap. Ecstasies in Slovenia cost around 2-4$, cocaine is also a bit cheaper, acid is comparable, although it is kind of hard to get. Regarding the price list I think we might be oneof the cheaper European countries.

          Otherwise, I would have thought that such wild partying would be strongly prohibited in places like Karachi...but it seems like you never know.
          We shall boldly dance, where no man has danced before..."

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          • Leha
            Addiction started
            • Jun 2004
            • 483

            #6
            i want pics

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            • Pataky P
              asdf_imo
              • Jun 2004
              • 1966

              #7
              Thanks the many infos,and the link!!!

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              • zeronineteen
                Gold Gabber
                • Jun 2004
                • 623

                #8
                Re: the middle east, drugs, and danny howells

                fifty grams of hash for $15!! I wish I could get my hands on that deal!
                Before you can see the light, you have to deal with the darkness.

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                • tiddles
                  Encryption, Jr.
                  • Jun 2004
                  • 6861

                  #9
                  were you there pataky?

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                  • beto
                    Gold Gabber
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 964

                    #10
                    ^ yeah... he's the poster boy for a Pakistani government campaign... 'this will happend to you if you take a four pills, two tabs of acid, five grams of coke, two liters of vodka, one of gin and smoke 25 grams of hash every saturday'

                    :?

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                    • nicomax
                      Gold Gabber
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 667

                      #11
                      Originally posted by FM
                      yea but it sounds like they were dancing to his GU ALBUM, not Danny himself...

                      same thing I thought :ROFLMAO:
                      Nicomax

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                      • ian
                        Addiction started
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 289

                        #12
                        Re: the middle east, drugs, and danny howells

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                        • lmmadic
                          Gold Gabber
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 746

                          #13
                          sweet deal on hash
                          pills are around 5? over here, cocaine about 60?/g and speed 10?
                          don't know what's the price for acid, hard to get around here. wouldn't want it either
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                          • LV-8
                            Platinum Poster
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 1167

                            #14
                            Originally posted by FM
                            yea but it sounds like they were dancing to his GU ALBUM, not Danny himself...

                            HAHAHAHA that's just not right!!!

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                            • mono
                              Getting Somewhere
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 126

                              #15
                              Re: the middle east, drugs, and danny howells

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