New dealings for new drugs

24th September 2011

Enterprising drug dealers in Lodz have come up with a novel way of doing business by exploiting the wonders of the internet and the post office.

Dealers specialising in legal substances that give users a similar kick to that of ecstasy and other illegal drugs have started taking orders over the internet, and then dispatching the required drug via the post office.

A report in Gazeta Wyborcza found one substance, known on the streets as “eth-cat” or “cat” for short, freely available to anybody surfing the net.

“Cat is several times stronger than amphetamines on the market, and had become difficult to buy owing to a lack of dealers,” said Krzysztof, one man quoted by Gazeta w ...