Argentina's New Crack

Yes, Debrinconcita. It sounds like one of the worst drugs on the planet.

I hope that they get this OFF The STREETs ASAP! Drugs KILL too many people & ruin lives. I am so sad to hear about this Horrible Epidemic? BADNEWS!!

will be in England soon i can bet that.CHEEP wins every time even smack is killer #1 but its cheep (like the budgie).

that shit look mmmm mmmm good cheap too lol.............

I think stories like this are really incredible. I've been to Buenos Aires many times but you will never get the chance to see something like this because the Government makes sure that tourists never get to see this, it's the same as in Brazil. It's just horrible to think that someone actually found a way to take the by-product of cocaine and make it into a drug, a drug that lasts for about 10 minutes and leaves you addicted, thirsting for more. Basically, it's the ultimate drug to sell to the poorer classes.

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I visted B.A. lasted year and I plan on going back really soon and Paco was one of those things that stuck out in my mind becasuce I saw people doing this in the streets but there where groups of well dress young people at a night clubs one night that I was there. I even know a young women who would doing it on her breaks at work and you would never know it. It could be a problem and I'm glad that there is something being done about it. I love B.A. it is one of my favorite places but just like Crack in the U.S. Paco could really impact a culture.

Can't wait until we get something like that here in America. Those were the most cheerful crackheads I've ever seen. Productive too.

Yes, I hear about that and seen a documentary on how they make coccaine too. People with nothing to gain have nothing to lose.

so the drug war is an uber failure in other countries as well? Hmm looks like it may be a set up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oszATUJ4IRE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EI1QlOLUAE

there's a lot of crack smoking going on in helena montana these days...

Drug addiction is universal and shouldn't be politicized, ignored, laughed at or blamed on any particular people, place or circumstance.

"Paco" is known as "Bazooka" in certain parts of NYC. Though spoken in a different tongue, the pain and anguish is one of the many common threads I see when I come across docs such as this.

My best friend of 25 years (my children call him Uncle Mike) works as the head of security for the local hospital in the psychiatric ward and he was scratched to bits just 2 nights ago by a woman weighing only 100lbs because she was SO high on "cheese" that she was going to kill everyone around her when she found out she was being confined for her own protection.

This is a guy who, at 6'3" and 260lbs will walk into any situation with confidence, said she was like a rabid wildcat and no amount of control holds or anything else would work.

When she "sobered" up about 20 hours later she was in tremendous pain due to the muscles and ligaments she tore while on her rampage. She begged and cried for some cheese for hours and when she was told she was in for no less than 72 hours she went berserk and tried to kill a nurse with her bare hands.

She's now looking at several criminal charges for assault and will likely end up in jail or worse. All for a disgusting mix of pills, cocaine and who knows what else.

My friend will be getting blood tests for a month now to ensure she didn't transmit anything to him in the process of clawing and biting him. He was really trying to help her and this is his reward. He's glad he never followed some of our "gang" from childhood who went into public sector law enforcement.

I can imagine how horrid this drug must be for the people in that area. Medical attention is the only thing that MIGHT help. That's only if the addict will accept help.

I lived in Buenos Aires for a year and had no idea this was going on. I hope this gets better. Manuel1co, this is a wonderful piece.

This is supposed to be a story about Paco, but more so, it's about addiction.
A horrible thing but it is still something that we can overcome.

I would be very interested in a follow up pod to see how that guy is doing in a few years. He seems to (atleast) acknowledge he has a problem. That's a step in the right direction. Even though he says he won't quit..

I really enjoyed this. I had never heard of this drug. I learned alot from this pod. It seemed very real and honest. I appreciate the honesty of the guy that said if given the oppty to have a house, family, good job, etc. he wld turn it all down and instead keep smoking paco. Also how in the midst of what looks like living in hell these people were laughing and seemed to be having a good time. I guess that is addiction.

dont think it will never be here in your back yard. thats what people thought about meth and look @ it now- suburban kids sucking glass dicks- all things become global.

He will die with a smile on his face & life will go on as it always does .....God Bless Him !

This is the most saddest story I have seen in a longtime. I am a former addict of cocaine and Heroin. I am so glad that God helped me to get out of this deathly lifestyle. I got help 2 years ago.Now I have been clean & sober for 2 years. I will never go back to an addictive lifestyle. I see how it was and they reminded me of how crazy and addictive you are when you need the drugs. I feel really bad for them. Only God can help them now. They need help so bad it's heartbreaking to see them. I feel really really sad for them. I am happy there is no PACO here.

This is awful, Cocaine left overs?, damn, even worse....

Sad.