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✍️@venetiamenzies takes us inside the world of high-class narcotics in this confessional interview with Casper the friendly drug-dealer
thetimes.co.uk/article/confes…

Early on in Casper’s career, he realised something: if the middle classes will pay a premium for a charming waiter serving a fancy named cocktail, the same applies to illegal drugs.

Dealers like Casper have dragged the customer experience into the 21st century, with designer baggies and bespoke choices of exotic strains. This was not just cocaine; this was “Peruvian snowflake cocaine”.

Casper says police have little interest in investigating white, middle-class “casual” drug users — which, alongside innovations to customer service, has normalised drug-taking among this cohort.

“They use their power to criminalise black people.”

This bias informed his human resource strategy. He would employ women and allow his staff to get prescription-free glasses on expenses, since he believes that people see the bespectacled as less suspicious.

Lockdown affected the flow of drugs into Britain — and Casper’s bottom line — but this is a trade with unrivalled experience in bypassing restrictions.

Drugs were sent in shipments of facemasks, distributors dressed up as essential workers such as nurses and delivery drivers.

Witnessing children being exploited in UK cannabis farms encouraged Casper to exclusively sell imported marijuana from legalised markets.

“Modern slavery is a huge issue within the industry, and that’s one reason I support legalisation.”

Eventually, the seedier sides of the industry took a toll on Casper’s health - and his conscience.

“People might say I can’t have morals, but I always had my boundaries.”

Read the full story here:
thetimes.co.uk/article/confes…