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- @2{DRUGS IN CLUBS - THE FACTS
- @5}Written by SLADE/PTK
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- As everyone should know there is huge
- profits awaiting drug dealers in
- clubs. And where there's drugs,
- there's money... and where there's
- money there's going to be violence.
- The following extract appeared in the
- November 1995 issue of GQ and is the
- main influence for the article:
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- "The doorman's Pit Bull terrier in the
- foyer of the nightclub was meant to
- act as a deterrent to any
- troublemakers. But it was no defence
- against the man running up the stairs
- shooting at it with a silver-coloured
- pistol. Two shots and the dog was
- dead. The gunman and his posse
- trampled over the animal as the
- punters scattered. Bullets were
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- pumped into the groin and thigh of a
- bouncer and the barman was Kneecapped.
- A member of the gang smashed a bottle
- and rammed it into the face of another
- doorman. The bouncer's main artery
- was severed and it took 50 stitches to
- close up the wound."
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- Other doormen haven't been so lucky.
- There have been a number of deaths in
- the last few months as the victims of
- the new wave of drug violence spreads,
- where bouncers are at the frontline of
- the big money to be made from dealing
- in the nightclubs across England.
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- Speaking from experience I have seen
- the constant use of drugs in local
- nightclubs down here in Plymouth. It
- was only a few days ago when I went
- with a mate to the local hotspot known
- as "Oz".
- This being a Friday night, and having
- been in the club no longer than about
- an hour since it had opened, I need a
- jimmy riddle, so off I walked to the
- bog. Having just got in the bog,
- about two seconds later in walks these
- three blokes. One was really fuck-off
- huge and he just started beating the
- fuck out of one of the smaller blokes
- that had walked in with him. The
- bloke was kicking him and shouting "A
- SHITTY FUCKING THREE HUNDRED, THAT ALL
- YOU'VE GOT FOR ME!". He then produced
- a large plastic bag from his pocket
- and threw it at the lad, who was now
- on the floor bleeding. He then
- shouted at the lad on the floor - "I
- WANT ALL THAT SOLD BEFORE YOU LEAVE!",
- after helping the bloke off the floor
- and asking a few questions. It had
- turned out that there were no "tabs"
- available in Plymouth for this night,
- but he had some left over from a few
- days ago. The bloke who had beat the
- fuck out of him was one of the main
- dealers who had come down from
- Manchester to deal big-time shit, or
- so he lead me to believe.
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- It is now not unknown for the bouncers
- of a club to be in with the drug
- dealing as well. With flat fees paid,
- or a percentage of the drugs sold,
- which is usually paid to the head
- doorman. They will then turn a blind
- eye to the dealer who has "paid his
- way", so to say, and also throw out
- anyone they may suspected of dealing
- in their club. The above quote was a
- revenge attack on a club that threw a
- "main" dealer out of their club the
- night before the incident. The
- police, although they try their best,
- now accept that drug use in clubs is
- effectively unstoppable. It is the
- rapid growth of the drugs industry and
- the movement from softer drugs like
- LSD to the harder, more addictive
- drugs like Cocaine that will hopefully
- make people see sense.
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- THIS ARTICLE IS THE VIEWS OF SLADE/PTK
- AND ARE NOT THE VIEWS SHARED BY THE
- WHOLE OF THE POWERTEK GANG, ALTHOUGH
- MANY WILL PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME.
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- If you've got a view on the use of
- drugs in clubs, or you have a few good
- clubbing stories then send them to us
- and we would be only too happy to
- include them in the mag. Send any
- articles to:
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- SLADE/PTK
- 39 WASDALE GARDENS
- ESTOVER
- PLYMOUTH
- DEVON
- PL6 8TN.