It's a sad fact, Willie-O, that no matter who smokes, injects, snorts...whatever, they have to buy it from an illegal source.
Here in Norway, the trade is mostly associated with the Kosovo Albanians.
The Hells Angels and The Outlaws have had their gun battles at the airport here, and in Copenhagen, and as we know, when one group of suppliers go, another one is sure to step into it's place.

I have no knowledge as to the specifics of the drug trade in the north of Ireland, but I would imagine that if the trade were to be left in the hands of others, the problem wouldn't go away.
'Mafias' are always replaced by other 'Mafias'. That is a fact of life, and like it or not that is the way it will always be.

If the extasy in the north of Ireland is the best in the Islands, well, in a lot of ways I have to congragulate these people, irr-espective of whether the kick with the left foot, or the right.
With all the arbitary quality standards set by un-controlled drug barons, it is a relief to see that at least in Ireland, they seem to have their shit together.

I have no big axe to grind on the drug issue. I do believe, however that de-criminalisation and legalisation is the only sensible way forward.

B.