Culture - Famous Cocaine Users List

[Sick Jack]

Stephen King, the writer. I read a quote where he was saying that he did so much coke during some periods, that he simply didn't remember the writing of some of his books....

[Beltane]

These people who did so much powder, do you think most of them stuck w/
snorting it? Or did some switch to shooting? SWIM did what he
considers to be a moderate amount (no more than a gram a day average,) and probably less) for 3 months and got a hole in my nose. And
that was pretty pure coke. I can't imagine how hard snorting the
amounts that are being referred to here would be on your nose. .

Frum this personal experinceam SWIM has determine that key to preventing nose problems is to frequently tak substantial beaks; say at least a week. SWIMS provcle. was the during this time he was usong alnost every dat.

An for famous users, anyine get Freud?

- Beltane

Thanks-



- B

[frosty]

Originally Posted by Beltane

I did what I
consider to be a moderate amount (no more than a gram a day, and
probably much less,) for 3 months and got a hole in my nose.

Thanks-



- B

You got a hole in your nose in three months from that amount of
usage?...I've been averaging at least 7grams a week since december and
mine is fine.....Have you snorted other things in the past?

[Beltane]

Originally Posted by frosty

You got a hole in your nose in three months from that amount of
usage?...I've been averaging at least 7grams a week since december and
mine is fine.....Have you snorted other things in the past?

Yes, excellent question and something I origianally considered and then
dismissed. I snorted meth about daily, and way, way too much of
it for about one calendar year. Thing is, my nose never gave me
any trouble whatsoever, and when I started the C run that I credit w/
fucking up my nose I'd been off of meth for maybe 7 years.



Think that might have contributed? In my reading I came to the
conclusion that any nose damage that wasn't obviously permanant, like a
hole, would fix itself given time. And 7 years is a long time.



Thanks-



- B

[YellowCake]

Diego Armando Maradona

[psyvision2000]

VIPs shamed on cocaine
SPECIAL INSIGHT REPORT
By Keith Moor
22 Aug 2005

ONE of Australia's most prolific cocaine dealers has given police the names of his celebrity customers. He provided Victoria Police with taped evidence implicating music, sport and TV stars.

The dealer identified the celebrities -- who are household names -- before being convicted of serious drug offences in 2003.

He is now a police informer and is expected to give evidence in at least one major drug case.

Among those named by the supergrass as regular customers were:

ONE of Australia's biggest rock performers.

A LEADING female actor who spent years starring in one of Australia's longest-running television dramas.

A PROMINENT retired AFL player connected to a male actor who recently turned up at a cocaine dealer's house in Docklands during a police raid.

ONE of Melbourne's female media stars.

SEVERAL leading Victorian barristers.

Police considered investigating the celebrities further to try to corroborate the dealer's claims, but decided against singling them out.

Force priority is to chase drug dealers, not users, even if those alleged users are high-profile.

The supergrass told Victoria Police he handled drugs worth $30 million in the late 1990s and 2000.

He claimed he obtained huge amounts of cocaine from the Australia-wide drug syndicate run by underworld feud victims Lewis Moran, his son Jason, and stepson Mark.

The supergrass told police his cocaine clients included top models, entertainers, and other members of Melbourne's A-list.

The head of the Victoria Police major drug investigation division, Acting Det-Supt Bob Hill, confirmed investigations had identified cocaine use in many high-profile industries.

"Cocaine is essentially the drug that's associated with the rich and famous," he said.

Acting Supt Hill said celebrity drug users were treated no differently.

"The MDID conducts high-level investigations into large-scale illicit drug distribution," he said.

"Our focus is directed towards drug dealers, not charging users.

"We don't necessarily charge everyone who is associated with a drug trafficking enterprise.

"There might be people interviewed who provide intelligence or become witnesses for the prosecution.

"We don't differentiate between whether you are a rock star, television identity or a plumber."

A Herald Sun Insight investigation has found:

AN ITALIAN organised crime gang with global links shipped 434kg of cocaine worth $152 million to Australia in 2001 and last year attempted to smuggle a further 300kg into Melbourne.

AUSTRALIAN crime gangs have established direct links with Colombian cartels to ensure ready access to top-quality cocaine.

WEST African organised crime gangs are using the post to get large numbers of cocaine-filled letters and parcels into Australia.

POLICE intelligence suggests Israeli and Russian crime gangs are expanding networks to increasingly include Melbourne and Sydney.

INTERNATIONAL drug gangs are recruiting couriers from non-suspect countries to smuggle cocaine to Australia by air.

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police figures reveal a 50 per cent increase in cocaine seizures in Australia in the past year.

EIGHTY per cent of AFP cocaine seizures came through the post.

There was a 95 per cent increase in cocaine seizures in Victoria between 2002-03 and 2003-04. The weight of cocaine seized jumped 260 per cent in the 12 months to June 2004, and arrests more than doubled in 2003-04 on the previous year's.

Undercover drug police are spending more time at Melbourne nightclubs.

A recent Australian Crime Commission report said most cocaine users' lack of a criminal profile made it difficult to determine the size of the local market.

[BlueMystic]

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakin...95&n=212464866


No witnesses for Moss cocaine case
Irish Examiner
May 27, 2006

Supermodel Kate Moss is likely to dodge criminal charges over her alleged cocaine-snorting session last year, as police have failed to find any witnesses willing to give evidence against her.

The troubled 32-year-old came under fire in September when a British newspaper published images purporting to show her taking the drug in London studio Metropolis, where her on/off douchebag boyfriend Pete Doherty was recording with his band Babyshambles.

The Crown Prosecution Service will decide within the next 10 days whether to charge her.

Moss was interviewed by police under caution in January, but reportedly refused to answer questions regarding the allegations.

It is believed enough evidence has been gathered against Moss to convict her, but police are concerned the case will never come to court.

A police source tells London newspaper the Evening Standard, "It's a no-win situation. If she is prosecuted people will say, 'Why pick on her and not the thousands of other drug users in London?'

"If she isn't prosecuted it is seen as a waste of money and proof that celebrities can get away with anything."

The police are concerned Moss was 'set up' by a music industry insider. It is rumoured the Daily Mirror newspaper paid up to $262,500 (£150,000) for the mobile phone footage which broke the scandal.

[Alfa]

A £150,000 photo? Damn, that's some overpaid snitch. I'll bet she can't wait until that charming personality runs anywhere near her front bumper.

[old hippie 56]

Yeah, she went kung-fu on some reporters yesterday, trying to get some pictures of her new boyfriend.

[Alfa]

Mhm, I'll give her kung fu lessons for free anytime. But that's another story.

[daeron]

man your taste is a completely another story..

[Alfa]

What taste? http://www.leninimports.com/kate_moss_gallery.html

[old hippie 56]

Thanks Alfa, now I feel like a dirty old man for looking at those pictures. She was born the same year swim finished school.

[Alfa]

Damn, that means she's old!

lol!

[old hippie 56]

What are you trying to say Alfa??

lol!!

[Alfa]

Well that's what my great grand daughter tells me.

[Voices]

OMG, I swear Kate Moss looks like she's possessed by the ghost of a little boy.

Liv Tyler, on the other hand, is HOT.

[Bladerunner]

Looks like the police are unlikely to be filing charges against model Kate Moss as her lawyers argued that the substance she was chopping up couldn't be confirmed as cocaine as there were no other witnesses.....

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstor...name_page.html

[Woodman]

Really, trying someone because they once did drugs like flashing a great big neon sign saying: "Hungry Prosecutor, Desperate For Conviction"

Here in the US, a Florida state D/A did the same thing to Rush Limbaugh. Many people have issues with Limbaugh, but to go after him for something that he already confessed to (and went to rehab over) amounts to nothing more than beating a dead horse.

Let's face it: any prosecutor who REALLY gives a shit about chasing down such convictions has a sea of old hippies and young stoners from which to select their victims. So, people like Kate Moss & Rush Limbaugh represent nothing more than an opportunity for a D/A with political ambitions to get their name in the paper.

[Bladerunner]

Yes Sir Ian Blair the Met police commissioner promised a crack down on middle class/celebrity coke users but after all the £££s wasted investigating Ms Moss has now backfired. I think if that was anyone else they'd have been prosecuted as not everyone could afford a legal team such as hers. You don't have to be Perry Mason to work out what she was doing from the secret film and yet still they were unable to prosecute her!

[matti_2003]

Well its only really because she is famous that she was questioned about it really anyway in my opinion. They have to look to be doing something about it. If someone was to hand a tape in to the police of some random snorting Cocaine they wouldn't have spent any money investigating them.

[radiometer]

What an utter bullshit case. Obviously it is impossible to determine what a powder is by looking at it on a video. She could have been snorting confectioner's sugar, for all they can prove. Man, I can't believe I'm defending Kate Moss - I need to go take a shower now.

[Lunar Loops]

This is ludicrous, how did they ever expect any different outcome? What a criminal waste of tax-payers money. What SWIS finds very saddening about all of this (and SWIS is no supporter of the Mossy one) is that a rag, masquerading as a 'news' paper is prepared to pay a six figure sum for such pictures. 'Ahh, we sense a gory feast, the vultures will gather and shell out their cash for our savoury, gossip ridden wood pulp...let us dine on this expensive morsel'

This was how The Independent (UK) reported it (http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/leg...cle1089278.ece) :
Moss escapes drugs charges because of legal loophole

By Cahal Milmo

Published: 16 June 2006



The grainy images of Kate Moss snorting a white powder through a rolled £5 note seemed to leave the supermodel with little room for legal manoeuvre when they were unveiled nine months ago.
Stills from a videotape of an alleged late-night drugs session in a London recording studio followed a vow from Sir Ian Blair, Britain's most senior police officer, that "middle-class" drug users would feel the full force of the law.
As fashion giants abruptly ended their contracts with the Croydon-born model, senior Scotland Yard sources said they would not "turn a blind eye to celebrities" accused of drug use.
Fortunately for the 32-year-old millionairess and mother, the resolve of Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service to pursue high-profile suspects met its apparent match yesterday in an obscure legal loophole about drug classifications.
The CPS said that, despite being satisfied that there was an "absolutely clear indication" Moss was using an illegal drug and supplying it to others, including her rock star ex-boyfriend Pete Doherty, it would not be pressing charges.
The CPS revealed the refusal of Moss and other witnesses to explain her actions and the indistinct nature of the video images had ruled out any prosecution after a police investigation costing an estimated £250,000.
The pictures were published after the Daily Mirror paid a six-figure sum for them.
In a statement, Rene Barclay, director of serious cases for the CPS in London, said: "The footage provides an absolutely clear indication Ms Moss was using controlled drugs and providing them to others."
But the decision to take no further action was reached after a police expert was unable to tell whether the powder being chopped by Moss in the recording studio in Chiswick, west London, in September last year was cocaine, ecstasy or amphetamine.
A forensic examination of the scene also failed to specify which drugs had been used.
Mr Barclay said: "To obtain a conviction, case law establishes that the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt the legal category to which the substance being used belonged."
The decision not to pursue the model, who has seen her earnings increase since the incident, will be a further embarrassment to Sir Ian, who said he wanted to see "a few examples made" of drug users with a high public profile.
The Conservative MP Anne Widdecombe said: "This is a question of the police and prosecutors not wanting to charge. They simply haven't wanted to do it - and you can always find a way out if you look for one. The message this sends out is horrendous."
The Yard insisted it had carried out a comprehensive investigation which was not focused solely on the actions of Moss but tracing a wider drugs chain.
Drugs and the law
Illegal drugs are divided into three categories in Britain, with increasing penalties for possession and supply according to the classification.
The classifications are decided on the grounds of the lethality, addictiveness and social damage caused. Heroin and crack cocaine, both class A, are considered the most dangerous drugs in widespread use in Britain. Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the penalty for supplying a class A drug is life imprisonment. The maximum sentence for supplying class B or class C is 14 years.
Police gathering evidence on the basis of the Daily Mirror videotape of Kate Moss had to ascertain whether the model was using cocaine or ecstasy, both class A drugs, or powdered amphetamine, which is class B. The decision not to charge Moss with possession or supply of a drug relates to precedents set by previous court cases, which make it clear that a prosecution can only succeed if lawyers prove exactly which category the drug in question comes from.
The Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday it would not have been enough for it to prove that the powder being snorted by the model was either cocaine (class A) or amphetamine (class B).

[Abrad]

EXCLUSIVE: BIG SNORTER
Pals' fears for Big Brother Pete as he goes crazy snorting animal drug

They told how they feared for his safety as he repeatedly tripped out on the mind-bending horse tranquilliser.

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And they revealed how he was once taken to hospital after police found him half-crazed and rolling around on the ground.

Our exclusive photo was taken in 2004 - more than a year before Ketamine was made an illegal drug in January this year.

One of Pete's friends told the Mirror: "We would cook up the liquid Ketamine to make the powder then snort it on nights out.

"We were all really into it as an experiment - but Pete got more involved than the rest of us."

The pal said Pete, 24, started using the drug even more after watching his best friend die in a horrific accident.

Julian Brooker, 23, was electrocuted when he fell on to a railway line during a night out in Brighton in 2004. The friend said: "Pete really changed after the accident. He just retreated into himself and was even considering suicide.

"He started doing more and more Ketamine and I was worried about him." The friend claims things came to a head during a New Year techno party in Lewes, East Sussex.

She said: "It was horrible. The drug-taking there was beyond abusive and Pete got carried away.

"He was wasted, rolling around on the floor and laughing uncontrollably. I was scared someone might not take kindly to his Tourette's and might hit him.

"I remember trying to sit on him to control him. A friend called him over and next thing I knew we didn't see him again. People were throwing cans and bottles outside as the party came to an end.

"I was really panicking and saying 'Where's Pete?' Then a few hours later I got a phone call saying he was in hospital.

"The police had taken him there after seeing him rolling around on the floor. He didn't have a clue where he was and was very scared."

The friend said the incident was a turning point for Pete - and he cut down his partying.

She added: "He came out of his bad time suddenly, it was like he had a vision of his future and things he wanted to do and I think that led to him being on Big Brother.

"He wants fame and to be known for something. He's much better now - much more positive."

Ketamine, also known as Special K and Vitamin K, is an anaesthetic used by doctors and vets.

First used as a recreational drug in the 60s, it became popular in the early 90s, when clubbers often mistook it for Ecstasy.

It comes as a liquid but is often sold illegally as powder or tablets.

High doses can lead to hallucinations, paralysis and an "out of body" experience known as the K-hole.

The drug is psychologically but not physically addictive and can be potentially lethal if mixed with alcohol or other drugs.

It can also cause panic attacks, -. depression and worsen existing | mental health problems such as I schizophrenia

[matti_2003]

Swim read this yesterday, the mirror seem to have an obsession with exposing (so called) celebrities drug use.