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A conversation the other day set me off searching the archives of the Telegraph. Back in 2002 it had the following headline

Addicts turn ‘genteel’ Tunbridge Wells into the heroin capital of Kent

Now I was once told there are real problems in Calverley Park with needles and people using it to urm ‘chill out’ at night. I was also told the millennium Clock is the cheapest place to buy dope. Maybe I’m starting to associate with the wrong people. Alas not these are mothers who are really worried about kids and the effects on the town.

Seems middle class kids have a greater exposure to drugs. Its always been that way and drugs in some schools were always seen as a small problem. But the recent decimalising of certain drugs has helped to drop the price allowing a much greater access. Seems if the risk of being caught is lower you can a) Get more people to sell b) Your legal costs are lower.

So in the present Market driven economy this means lower prices and a larger market exposure…. Great for the drug barons – not so good for the easily led. This has had a knock on effect on higher priced drugs too – they are now cheaper because they have also been seeing more trade from people stepping up a level.

So where is this all going – well good point. At the moment the Town is on a big development high – interest rates are starting to rise – brands are being hit by the net – local jobs are being removed. If or perhaps when the recession comes – are we going to be able to cope if we are still the “heroin capital of Kent”?