In June 2024 our Associate, Bobby Hill, spoke to a journalist from the Herald Sun about why so many young people are dealing cocaine.
Below is an extract from the article:
“Cocaine users are increasingly turning to dealing in a desperate bid to fund their expensive habit.
Lawyer Bobby Hill said many cocaine users who appeared in court were first time offenders with no criminal history but there was an increasing trend of users caught selling the drug.
“While some people might be able to afford the occasional bag of cocaine, this can often [become] an expensive habit that can’t actually be sustained on their usual income – so they turn to supplying cocaine to fund their own addiction,” Mr Hill, a solicitor with Hanna Legal said.
“And so it’s very, very common to see low level drug suppliers, not actually earning a profit and funnelling all their earnings straight back into their own personal coke habit,” he said.
“Being able to afford $300 a bag a night, which can be sometimes multiple bags a night or at least multiple bags a weekend, [they] need to have a separate income to afford that $1,000 a week on cocaine.”
To read the full article, see: 1k a week drug habit: Why young Australians are dealing cocaine , the Herald Sun, 29 June 2024.